Dispersion of family ownership and the performance of small-to-medium size private family firms

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 166-175

  De Massis, Alfredo ^a   Kotlar, Josip ^a   Campopiano, Giovanna ^a   Cassia, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family ownership dispersion; Family SMEs; Performance; Private firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883227563     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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