Family-firm relationships in italian SMEs: Ownership and governance issues in a double-fold theoretical perspective

Handbook of Research on Family Business

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 501-516

  Gnan, Luca ^a   Montemerlo, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

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