Commentary: What were they thinking? the role of family firm mental models on threat recognition

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 999-1006

  Kellermanns, Franz W ^a   Barnett, Tim ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 55249099586     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00268.x     Document Type: Note

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