Longitudinal development of innovation implementation in family-based SMEs: The effects of critical incidents

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 437-456

  McAdam, Rodney ^a   Reid, Renee ^b   Mitchell, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family firms; Innovation; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955870503     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552551011071887     Document Type: Article

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