Productivity and survival of family firms in Japan

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-125

  Morikawa, Masayuki ^a  

^a TRADE AND INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Family Firm, Ownership, Productivity, Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872776321     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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