From a family-owned to a family-controlled business: Applying Chandler's insights to explain family business transitional stages

Journal of Management History

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 284-298

  Trevinyo Rodríguez, Rosa Nelly ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Change management; Family firms; Management history; Transition management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871480837     PISSN: 17511348     EISSN: 17587751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511340910964144     Document Type: Article

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