Top management teams and performance in non-listed family firms

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 405-423

  Cabrera Suárez, M Katiuska ^a   Martín Santana, Josefa D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

familiness; family firm; performance; top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907366126     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jmo.2013.15     Document Type: Article

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