Intellectual foundations of current research in family business: An identification and review of 25 influential articles

Family Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-26

  Chrisman, James J ^a,b   Kellermanns, Franz W ^b,c   Chan, Kam C ^d   Liano, Kartono ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c WHU Otto Beisheim   (Germany)

^d WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Article review; Intellectual foundation articles; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649254873     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486509357920     Document Type: Article

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