Family involvement in business and financial performance: A set-theoretic cross-national inquiry

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-96

  Garcia Castro, Roberto ^a   Aguilera, Ruth V ^b,c  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Family firms; Firm performance; Ownership; Set theoretic methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897655029     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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