R&D investments in family and founder firms: An agency perspective

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 248-265

  Block, Joern H ^a,b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Entrepreneurial orientation; Family firms; Lone founder firms; Monitoring; R D productivity; R D spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855332406     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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