Do Family Firms Invest More than Nonfamily Firms in Employee-Friendly Policies?

Jun-Koo Kang
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Jun-Koo Kang
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1379-0705
Division of Banking and Finance, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798;
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Jungmin Kim
Jungmin Kim
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2161-5330
School of Accounting and Finance, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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Jun-Koo Kang

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Jun-Koo Kang

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1379-0705

Division of Banking and Finance, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798;

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Jungmin Kim

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2161-5330

School of Accounting and Finance, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

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Published Online:7 Aug 2019https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3231

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Received:January 18, 2016
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Published Online:August 07, 2019

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