Worlds Apart?: Rebridging the Distance Between Family Science and Family Business Research

Family Business Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-108

  James, Albert E ^a   Jennings, Jennifer E ^a   Breitkreuz, Rhonda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

family; family business; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858693166     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486511414271     Document Type: Article

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