Exploring the Entrepreneurial Behavior of Family Firms: Does the Stewardship Perspective Explain Differences?

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 347-367

  Eddleston, Kimberly A ^a   Kellermanns, Franz W ^b,d   Zellweger, Thomas M ^c,e  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^d WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84858406556     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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