Explorations of dynamic power processes within copreneurial couples

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 228-238

  Hedberg, Patricia R ^a   Danes, Sharon M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copreneurial couples; Copreneurs; Entrepreneurial teams; Family business performance; Power dynamics; Power interactions; Power structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870559338     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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