'can't get no satisfaction?' Evaluating the sale of the family business from the family's perspective and deriving implications for new venture activitiesy

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 293-320

  Niedermeyer, Christian ^a   Jaskiewicz, Peter ^b   Klein, Sabine B ^c  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Family business; Sale; Satisfaction; Utility

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ENTREPRENEUR; MODELING; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 77954704413     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985621003726176     Document Type: Article

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