Lost in time: Intergenerational succession, change, and failure in family business

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 513-531

  Miller, Danny ^a,b   Steier, Lloyd ^b   Le Breton Miller, Isabelle ^b,c  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c OER Incorporated   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional configurations; Executive succession; Family business; Intergenerational succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041530270     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(03)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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