Governance in Spanish family business

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 141-163

  Suare K C ^a   Santana Martin D J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Corporate governance; Family firms; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986113561     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550410521425     Document Type: Article

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