Does family business excel in firm performance? An institution-based view

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 965-987

  Liu, Weiping ^a   Yang, Haibin ^b   Zhang, Guangxi ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Family business; Governance characteristics; Institution based view; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861479020     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9216-6     Document Type: Article

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