How do managerial successions shape corporate financial policies in family firms?

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1016-1027

  Amore, Mario Daniele ^a   Minichilli, Alessandro ^b   Corbetta, Guido ^b  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

CEO succession; Family firms; Financial flexibility; Financial policies; Professional managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958146100     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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