Organizational learning and entrepreneurship in family firms: Exploring the moderating effect of ownership and cohesion

Small Business Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-65

  Zahra, Shaker A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral theory of the firm; Family firms; Learning theory; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155184537     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-010-9266-7     Document Type: Article

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