Strategic entrepreneurship in family business

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-306

  Lumpkin, G T ^a   Steier, Lloyd ^b   Wright, Mike ^c,d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Familiness; Family business; Governance; Strategic entrepreneurship; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867622242     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.122     Document Type: Article

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