Home-region focus and performance of family firms: The role of family vs non-family leaders

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1060-1072

  Banalieva, Elitsa R ^a   Eddleston, Kimberly A ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054714668     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2011.28     Document Type: Article

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