Family firm governance, strategic conformity, and performance: Institutional vs. strategic perspectives

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 189-209

  Miller, Danny ^a,b   Le Breton Miller, Isabelle ^a,b   Lester, Richard H ^c  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Family business; Institutional theory; Strategic conformity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873324787     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0728     Document Type: Article

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