The trade-off between financial resources and agency costs in the family business: An exploratory study

Family Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-213

  Blanco Mazagatos, Virginia ^a   de Quevedo Puente, Esther ^a   Castrillo, Luis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b NONE

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EID: 34547769857     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2007.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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