Meta-analyzing ownership concentration and firm performance in Asia: Towards a more fine-grained understanding

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 481-512

  Heugens, Pursey P M A R ^a   van Essen, Marc ^a   van Oosterhout, J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Meta analysis; Meta analytic regression analysis; Owner identity; Ownership concentration; Private benefits of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349272971     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9109-0     Document Type: Article

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