Becoming the boss: Discretion and postsuccession success in family firms

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1201-1218

  Mitchell, J Robert ^a   Hart, Timothy A ^b   Valcea, Sorin ^c   Townsend, David M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70649114455     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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