The transgenerational family effect on new venture growth strategy

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-16

  Pistrui, David ^a   Murphy, Patrick J ^b   Deprez Sims, Anne Sophie ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Family; Growth; Transgenerational; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952226175     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2010.033164     Document Type: Article

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