Effects of family ownership and management on small business equity financing

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 875-895

  Wu, Zhenyu ^a   Chua, Jess H ^b   Chrisman, James J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity financing; Family ownership and management; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547142622     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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