Concentrated ownership and firm performance: Does family control matter?

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-396

  Singal, Manisha ^a   Singal, Vijay ^a  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrated ownership; Family firms; Multinational firms; Performance; State owned firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867585793     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.119     Document Type: Article

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