The influence of family ownership on SME performance: Evidence from public firms in Taiwan

Small Business Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-373

  Chu, Wenyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Family firm; Family ownership; Performance; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350620829     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9178-6     Document Type: Article

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