Gender interactions within the family firm

Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1083-1097

  Amore, Mario Daniele ^a   Garofalo, Orsola ^b   Minichilli, Alessandro ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Female Ceos; Female directors; Firm performance History

Indexed keywords

PROFITABILITY;

CORPORATE PERFORMANCE; FEMALE CEOS; FEMALE DIRECTORS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; GENDER PREJUDICES; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84900401137     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1824     Document Type: Article

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