Family businesses can out-compete: As long as they are willing to question the chosen path

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 747-754

  Ensley, Michael ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 33750610757     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00148.x     Document Type: Note

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