Exploring family business succession in an integrative familiness transmission of capital model: A South African study

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-284

  Venter, W P ^a   Kruger, S ^b   Urban, B ^c  

^a Altron (Allied Electronics Corporation Limited)   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

conceptual model; familiness; generational; South Africa; succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957775510     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2010.035818     Document Type: Article

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