Bonding family social capital and firm performance

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-550

  Kansikas, Juha ^a   Murphy, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bonding family social capital; Family business; Family social capital; Financial performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857325827     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2011.043474     Document Type: Article

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