Entrepreneurial selection and success: Does education matter?

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-258

  Solomon, George ^a   Dickson, Pat H ^a   Solomon, George T ^b   Weaver, K Mark ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family firms; Management buy ins; Management buy outs; Management succession; Negotiating

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349126815     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000810871655     Document Type: Review

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