The intermingling of family and business financial resources: Understanding the copreneurial couple

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 27-47

  Muske, Glenn ^a   Fitzgerald, Margaret A ^b   Haynes, George ^c   Black, Michelle ^a   Chin, Lyn ^a   Macclure, Rachael ^a   Mashburn, Ayla ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649483221     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
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