Families as active monitors of firm performance

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-130

  Audretsch, David B ^a,d   Hülsbeck, Marcel ^b,c   Lehmann, Erik E ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d CisAlpino Institute for Comparative Studies in Europe   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate Governance; Family firm performance; Internal monitors; Management control practices; Managerial accounting; Ownership and control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879186999     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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