Agency vs. stewardship in public family firms: A social embeddedness reconciliation

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1169-1191

  Le Breton Miller, Isabelle ^a   Miller, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 70649115417     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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