Private equity investment decisions in family firms: The role of human resources and agency costs

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-199

  Dawson, Alexandra ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Decision making; Family firms; Private equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751582402     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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