The development of organizational social capital: Attributes of family firms

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-95

  Arregle, Jean Luc ^a   Hitt, Michael A ^b   Sirmon, David G ^b   Very, Philippe ^b  

^a EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b NONE

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EID: 33846092626     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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