Board ownership and processes in family firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-122

  Zona, Fabio ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Board ownership; Boards of directors; Family firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939884163     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9587-z     Document Type: Article

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