Outsiders on the board of directors and firm performance: Evidence from Spanish non-listed family firms

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 236-245

  Arosa, Blanca ^a   Iturralde, Txomin ^a   Maseda, Amaia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affiliated directors; Family firms; Generation; Independent directors; Non listed firms; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649251179     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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