Succession in small and medium-Sszed family businesses: Toward a typology of predecessor roles during and after instatement of the successor

Family Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-109

  Cadieux, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

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EID: 34447135111     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2007.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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