All in the family? Social performance and corporate governance in the family firm

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1643-1650

  McGuire, Jean ^a   Dow, Sandra ^b   Ibrahim, Bakr ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Entrenchment; Family firms; Social performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867442574     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.10.024     Document Type: Article

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