Corporate entrepreneurship in family firms: A family perspective

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 809-830

  Kellermanns, Franz W ^a   Eddleston, Kimberly A ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750620309     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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