The missing lens in family firm governance theory: A self-other typology of parental altruism

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1022-1029

  Lubatkin, Michael H ^a   Durand, Rodolphe ^b   Ling, Yan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family firms; Governance; Parental altruism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548204419     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.12.019     Document Type: Article

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