Beyond dichotomy: The curvilinear impact of employee ownership on firm performance

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 460-474

  Guedri, Zied ^a,b   Hollandts, Xavier ^c,d  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c OMNES Education

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Board composition; Board of directors issues; France; Ownership issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149097795     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00703.x     Document Type: Review

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