A unified systems perspective of family firm performance

Handbook of Research on Family Business

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 67-79

  Habbershon, Timothy G ^a   Williams, Mary ^b   MacMillan, Ian C ^c  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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