A historical investigation of the strategic process within family firms

Journal of Management History

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-114

  Kreiser, Patrick M ^a   Ojala, Jari ^b   Lamberg, Juha Antti ^c   Melander, Anders ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Family firms; Finland; Paper industry; Sweden; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874124859     PISSN: 17511348     EISSN: 17587751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552520610638300     Document Type: Article

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