Family firms and debt: Risk aversion versus risk of losing control

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2308-2320

  González, Maximiliano ^a   Guzmán, Alexander ^b   Pombo, Carlos ^a   Trujillo, María Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Colombia; Family businesses; Family control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880934095     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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