Growing beyond smallness: How do small, closely controlled firms survive?

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 620-630

  Ng, Wilson ^a   Keasey, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

absorptive capacity; closely controlled firms; critical incident; family firms; tipping points

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651081767     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610369879     Document Type: Article

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