Ambitions, external environment and strategic factor differences between family and non–family companies

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-158

  Westhead, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambitions; Environment; Family companies; Matched samples; Strategies; United kingdom; External

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001564309     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629700000007     Document Type: Article

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