Family business and market orientation: Construct validation and comparative analysis

Family Business Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-251

  Zachary, Miles A ^a   McKenny, Aaron ^a   Short, Jeremy Collin ^a   Payne, G Tyge ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

content analysis; family businesses; market orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961209080     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486510396871     Document Type: Article

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