A finance professional who understands the family: family firms’ specific requirements for non-family chief financial officers

Review of Managerial Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 465-494

  Hiebl, Martin R W ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chief financial officer (CFO); Family firms; Non family management; Qualifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907247274     PISSN: 18636683     EISSN: 18636691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11846-013-0112-6     Document Type: Article

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