Dancing to two tunes: Multi-entity roles in the family business succession process

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 508-533

  Lam, Wing ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese family business; ethnography; family business; longitudinal study; succession process

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053643908     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610376357     Document Type: Article

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