Market opportunities and owner identity: Are family firms different?

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 476-495

  Cucculelli, Marco ^a   Marchionne, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Family firms; Ownership; Size class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857971128     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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