Passing the baton: The importance of sequence, timing, technique and communication in executive succession

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-162

  Dyck, Bruno ^a   Mauws, Michael ^b   Starke, Frederick A ^a   Mischke, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baton passing technique; Executive succession; Family business

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041725996     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(00)00056-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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