Is family leadership always beneficial?

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 553-571

  Miller, Danny ^a   Minichilli, Alessandro ^b   Corbetta, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

agency theory; CEO performance; family firms; governance; stewardship theory

Indexed keywords

AGENCY THEORY; CEO PERFORMANCE; FAMILY FIRMS; GOVERNANCE; STEWARDSHIP THEORY;

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84875641840     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2024     Document Type: Article

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