Agency costs, family ties, and firm efficiency

Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 887-904

  Herrero, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

agency costs; agency theory; business management; efficiency; family contracting; family firms; fisheries; stochastic frontiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954470321     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310394866     Document Type: Article

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