Industry and Information Asymmetry: The Case of the Employment of Non-Family Managers in Small and Medium-Sized Family Firms

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 632-648

  Fang, Hanqing Chevy ^a   Memili, Esra ^b   Chrisman, James J ^c   Penney, Christopher ^d  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 84990202810     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12267     Document Type: Article

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