Sustaining trust within family businesses

Family Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-102

  Sundaramurthy, Chamu ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39449096281     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2007.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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