Do families shape corporate governance structures?

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-345

  Navarro, María Sacristán ^a   Ansón, Silvia Gómez ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Board committees; Board composition; Corporate governance; Family firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953005677     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1833367200002650     Document Type: Article

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