Filling or abusing the institutional void? Ownership and management control of public family businesses in an emerging market

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 591-613

  Luo, Xiaowei Rose ^a   Chung, Chi Nien ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate governance; Emerging markets; Institutions; Public family businesses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877666071     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0751     Document Type: Article

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