Revisiting the study of family businesses: Methodological challenges, dilemmas, and alternative approaches

Family Business Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-252

  Winter, Mary ^a   Fitzgerald, Margaret A ^b   Heck, Ramona K Z ^c   Haynes, George W ^d   Danes, Sharon M ^e  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 3242683859     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.1998.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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