Firm family firms: Current debates of corporate governance in family firms

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 66-69

  Aguilera, Ruth V ^a,b   Crespi Cladera, Rafel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business groups; Corporate governance; Family firms; Institutional environment; Ownership; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861699023     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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