Contextualizing Performances of Family Firms: The Perspective of Business History

Family Business Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-257

  Colli, Andrea ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

business history; family firms; performances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865966203     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486511426872     Document Type: Article

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