Goals and characteristics of family-owned small businesses: An international replication and comparison between Middle America and Western Australia hospitality providers

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 212-226

  Smith, William L ^a,b  

^a EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre for Business and Economic Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Characteristics; Exploratory study; Family business; Goals; Hofstede; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645136432     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2006.008821     Document Type: Article

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