Strategic entrepreneurship within family-controlled firms: Opportunities and challenges

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-77

  Webb, Justin W ^a   Ketchen, David J ^b   Ireland, R Duane ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploitation; Exploration; Familiness; Family controlled firms; Strategic entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955582183     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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