The family business map: Framework, selective survey, and evidence from Chinese family firm succession

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 212-226

  Bennedsen, Morten ^a   Fan, Joseph P H ^b,e   Jian, Ming ^c   Yeh, Yin Hua ^d  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

D23; Family assets; Family firms; L20; M13; Roadblocks; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943820808     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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