Family business succession: Appropriation risk and choice of successor

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 657-666

  Lee, Khai Sheang ^a   Lim, Guan Hua ^a   Lim, Wei Shi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0142169040     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2003.10899446     Document Type: Article

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