Entrepreneurial orientation, risk taking, and performance in family firms

Family Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-47

  Naldi, Lucia ^a   Nordqvist, Mattias ^a,b   Sjöberg, Karin ^a   Wiklund, Johan ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b Arthur M Blank Center for Entrepreneurship   (United States)

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EID: 33847007682     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2007.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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