An investigation of the role of family ownership, control and management in listed Chinese family firms

Asian Business and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-225

  Zhou, Jing ^a   Tam, On Kit ^b   Yu, Ping ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agency problems; China; corporate governance; family firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875746699     PISSN: 14724782     EISSN: 14769328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/abm.2012.40     Document Type: Article

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