Family ownership and firm performance: Influence of family management, family control, and firm size

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 833-851

  Chu, Wenyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Family control; Family management; Family ownership; Performance; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751578182     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-009-9180-1     Document Type: Article

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