The family point of view, family social capital, and firm performance: An exploratory test

Family Business Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-253

  Sorenson, Ritch L ^a   Goodpaster, Kenneth E ^a   Hedberg, Patricia R ^a   Yu, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Dialogue; Ethics; Family enterprise; Morality; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349300278     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486509332456     Document Type: Article

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