Family business succession and its impact on financial structure and performance

Family Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-147

  Molly, Vincent ^a,b   Laveren, Eddy ^b   Deloof, Marc ^b,c  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Family business; Financial structure; Performance; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952177624     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486510365062     Document Type: Article

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