Human capital in family businesses: Focusing on the individual level

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Dawson, Alexandra ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family business; Human capital; Interest alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857657366     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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