The practice-driven evolution of family business education

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1012-1021

  Sharma, Pramodita ^a   Hoy, Frank ^b   Astrachan, Joseph H ^c   Koiranen, Matti ^d  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Education; Evolutionary theory; Family business

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548241841     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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