A meta-analytic vision of the effect of ownership structure on firm performance

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 879-892

  Sánchez Ballesta, Juan P ^a   García Meca, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Firm performance; Meta analysis; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748834731     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00604.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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