A thematic analysis of cultural variations in family businesses: The CASE project

Family Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-169

  Gupta, Vipin ^a   Levenburg, Nancy ^b  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Family business dimensions; The CASE project; The GLOBE program; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952115893     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486510366255     Document Type: Article

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