A resource-based framework for assessing the strategic advantages of family firms

Family Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-25

  Habbershon, Timothy G ^a   Williams, Mary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042517597     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.1999.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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