Resource orchestration in family firms: Investigating how entrepreneurial orientation, generational involvement, and participative strategy affect performance

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-326

  Chirico, Francesco ^a   Sirmon, David G ^b   Sciascia, Salvatore ^c   Mazzola, Pietro ^c  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Family firm; Generational involvement; Participative strategy; Performance; Resource orchestration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865960551     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.121     Document Type: Article

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