International strategy configurations of the world's top family firms: Another factor affecting performance

Management International Review

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 733-758

  Carr, Chris ^a   Bateman, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Configurations; Family firms; International strategy; Performance; Worldwide

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249132764     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-009-0018-3     Document Type: Article

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