The promise of the strategy as practice perspective for family business strategy research

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-25

  Nordqvist, Mattias ^a   Melin, Leif ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case study; Family businesses; Qualitative research; Strategic management; Strategy as practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649231649     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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