Block-holder ownership, family control and post-listing performance of French IPOs

Managerial Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 388-400

  Chahine, Salim ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Company performance; Corporate governance; Family firms; France; Shareholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015615640     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350710748740     Document Type: Article

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