Dancing with giants: Acquisition and survival of the family firm

Family Business Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-300

  Steen, Adam ^a   Welch, Lawrence S ^b  

^a University of Technology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 33845360281     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2006.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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