Family business performance: The effects of gender and management

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1058-1069

  Danes, Sharon M ^a   Stafford, Kathryn ^b   Loy, Johnben Teik Cheok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business revenue; Family and business; Family business; Family business performance; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548251014     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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