Family firm diversity and development: An introduction

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 437-451

  Howorth, Carole ^a   Rose, Mary ^a   Hamilton, Eleanor ^a   Westhead, Paul ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diversity and development; family firms; issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049243512     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610373685     Document Type: Article

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