Top management teams in family-controlled companies: 'Familiness', 'faultlines', and their impact on financial performance

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-222

  Minichilli, Alessandro ^a   Corbetta, Guido ^a   MacMillan, Ian C ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 74549217185     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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