Relationship between market orientation and performance in family owned firms: A context-specific investigation

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 500-514

  Subramanian, Ram ^a   Gopalakrishna, Pradeep ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family businesses; Market orientation; Organisational performance; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849119174     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2009.027174     Document Type: Article

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