Are family firms really superior performers?

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 829-858

  Miller, Danny ^a   Le Breton Miller, Isabelle ^a   Lester, Richard H ^b   Cannella Jr , Albert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogeneity; Family firms; Firm performance; Founder firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348935005     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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