Family management, family ownership, and downsizing: Evidence from S&P 500 firms

Family Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-130

  Block, Jörn ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Family firms; Family management; Family ownership; Job cuts

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952136541     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486509360520     Document Type: Article

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