Ownership structure, family leadership, and performance of affiliate firms in large family business groups

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-329

  Chung, Hsi Mei ^a   Chan, Shu Ting ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Family business groups; Family leadership; Family ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861480875     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-011-9281-5     Document Type: Article

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