Entrepreneurial orientation in family firms: A generational perspective

Small Business Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-49

  Cruz, Cristina ^a   Nordqvist, Mattias ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Family businesses; Generation; Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155196822     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-010-9265-8     Document Type: Article

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