New Venture and Family Business Teams: Understanding Team Formation, Composition, Behaviors, and Performance

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Schjoedt, Leon ^a   Monsen, Erik ^b   Pearson, Allison ^c   Barnett, Tim ^c   Chrisman, James J ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872284144     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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