"Successful" internationalising UK family and non-family-owned firms: A comparative study

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 498-512

  Crick, David ^a   Bradshaw, Robert ^b   Chaudhry, Shiv ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exports; Family firms; Small to medium sized enterprises; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751234909     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000610705714     Document Type: Article

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