Commentary: A framework for managing the familiness and agency advantages in family firms

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 879-886

  Habbershon, Timothy G ^a  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33750634114     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00158.x     Document Type: Note

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