Innovation in family firms: An empirical analysis linking organizational and managerial innovation to corporate success

Review of Managerial Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-286

  Kraus, Sascha ^a,b   Pohjola, Mikko ^a,c   Koponen, Aki ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial; Family firms; Finland; Innovation; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863327660     PISSN: 18636683     EISSN: 18636691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11846-011-0065-6     Document Type: Article

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