The cognitive legitimacy of the family business field

Family Business Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 322-342

  Rodríguez, María José Pérez ^a   Basco, Rodrigo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

cognitive legitimacy; family business field; legitimacy; new core knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755192513     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486511416356     Document Type: Article

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