Barriers to growth in family-owned smaller businesses

International Handbook of Entrepreneurship and HRM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 260-284

  Harris, Richard ^a   Reid, Renee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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