What is a family business? A discussion of an integrative and operational definition

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-488

  Martos, Manuel Carlos Vallejo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Family firm concept; Kinds of family firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447257613     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2007.013692     Document Type: Review

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