Recruiting outside board members in the small family business: An ideological challenge

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-378

  Johannisson, Bengt ^a   Huse, Morten ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KIFO Centre for Church Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boards of directors family business selection process ideology

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR;

EID: 0033668636     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620050177958     Document Type: Article

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