Value Creation and Performance in Private Family Firms: Measurement and Methodological Issues

Family Business Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-242

  Sharma, Pramodita ^a,b   Carney, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 84865987649     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486512457295     Document Type: Editorial

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