Generational Involvement in the Top Management Team of Family Firms: Exploring Nonlinear Effects on Entrepreneurial Orientation

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-85

  Sciascia, Salvatore ^a   Mazzola, Pietro ^a   Chirico, Francesco ^b  

^a IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

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EID: 84872350220     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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