Identification of different types of private family firms

Handbook of Research on Family Business

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 180-195

  Westhead, Paul ^a   Howorth, Carole ^b  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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