The critical path to family firm success through entrepreneurial risk taking and image

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 200-209

  Memili, Esra ^a   Eddleston, Kimberly A ^b   Kellermanns, Franz W ^c,d   Zellweger, Thomas M ^e   Barnett, Tim ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^f MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family firms; Image; Organizational identity; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649305550     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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