Family ownership, financing constraints and investment decisions

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 1641-1659

  Andres, Christian ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Family firms; Investment policy; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INVESTMENT;

EID: 79961213312     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603107.2011.589805     Document Type: Article

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