Family business management: Contribution of the CFO

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-304

  Gurd, Bruce ^a   Thomas, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chief financial officer; Family firms; Financial management; Non family manager; Role conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860380359     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552551211227684     Document Type: Article

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