Family CEOs: Do they benefit firm performance in China?

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 923-947

  Cai, Di ^a   Luo, Jin hui ^b   Wan, Di fang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agency theory; China; Concentrated ownership; Family CEOs; Family firms; Institution based view; Principal Principal (PP) perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869095779     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-012-9318-4     Document Type: Article

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