To grow or to harvest? Governance, strategy and performance in family and lone founder firms

Journal of Strategy and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-56

  Le Breton Miller, Isabelle ^a   Miller, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business performance; Corporate governance; Corporate strategy; Family firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955735482     PISSN: 1755425X     EISSN: 17554268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554250810909419     Document Type: Article

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