Examining the link between "Familiness" and performance: Can the F-PEC untangle the family business theory jungle?

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 1089-1109

  Rutherford, Matthew W ^a   Kuratko, Donald F ^b   Holt, Daniel T ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 55249116792     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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