Implications of intra-family and external ownership transfer of family firms: Short-term and long-term performance differences

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 352-372

  Wennberg, Karl ^a,b   Wiklund, Johan ^c,d   Hellerstedt, Karin ^d   Nordqvist, Mattias ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b Jönköping University and Ratio Institute Stockholm   (Sweden)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family firms; Long term orientation; Ownership transfer; Performance; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867616200     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.118     Document Type: Article

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