Dynasties of innovation: Highly performing German family firms and the owners' role for innovation

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-94

  Bergfeld, Marc Michael H ^a   Weber, Felix Michael ^b  

^a Munich Business School   (Germany)

^b Elephant Equity GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control; Corporate development; Corporate strategy; Dynasties; Entrepreneurship; Family firms; FFs; Germany; Innovation; Ownership; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751502061     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2011.038449     Document Type: Article

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