A unified systems perspective of family firm performance

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 451-465

  Habbershon, Timothy G ^a   Williams, Mary ^a,b   MacMillan, Ian C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business; Family influenced firms; Firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042490731     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(03)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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