The role of institutional development in the prevalence and performance of entrepreneur and family-controlled firms

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 284-305

  Amit, Raphael ^a   Ding, Yuan ^b   Villalonga, Belén ^c   Zhang, Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Entrepreneur; Family firms; Institutions; Ownership; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928536159     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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