Entrepreneurial risk taking in family firms

Family Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-40

  Zahra, Shaker A ^a  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33645165692     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2005.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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