Are founding families special blockholders? An investigation of controlling shareholder influence on firm performance

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Isakov, Dušan ^a   Weisskopf, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active management; Firm performance; Founder; Founding family firm; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892463200     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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