Board characteristics and firm performance in public founder- and nonfounder-led family businesses

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 220-231

  García Ramos, Rebeca ^a   García Olalla, Myriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Firm market performance; Founder led; Publicly traded family businesses

Indexed keywords

EID: 83155180238     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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