Familial capitalism in global institutional contexts: Implications for corporate governance and entrepreneurship in East Asia

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 513-535

  Steier, Lloyd P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asia; Corporate governance; Entrepreneurship; Familial capitalism; Family enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349277443     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9117-0     Document Type: Article

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