Strategically aligning family and business systems using the Balanced Scorecard

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 78-87

  Craig, Justin ^a   Moores, Ken ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Balanced Scorecard; Family business; Family dynamics; Strategic planning; Strategy formulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955577211     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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