A family member or professional management? the choice of a CEO and its impact on performance

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1348-1362

  Lin, Shu Hui ^a   Hu, Shing Yang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Family CEOs; Family firms; Firm characteristics; Performance; Professional CEOs

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149023542     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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