Family firms and social responsibility: Preliminary evidence from the S & P 500

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 785-802

  Dyer Jr , Gibb W ^a   Whetten, David A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750610292     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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