Towards a better understanding of Family Business Groups and their key dimensions

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 174-192

  Della Piana, Bice ^a   Vecchi, Alessandra ^b   Cacia, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Family Business Group; Inter organisational relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865969355     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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