Family ownership and business expansion of small- and medium-sized Chinese family businesses: The mediating role of financing preference

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-105

  Zhang, Xian ^a   Venus, Jill ^b   Wang, Yong ^c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Expansion; Family ownership; Financing preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861690505     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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