Entrepreneurial leadership and familiness as resources for strategic entrepreneurship

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-158

  Kansikas, Juha ^a   Laakkonen, Anne ^a   Sarpo, Ville ^a   Kontinen, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial leadership; Entrepreneurialism; Familiness; Family business; Family firms; Leadership; Strategic entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857583318     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552551211204193     Document Type: Article

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