Innovation characteristics of young and old family-owned businesses

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 204-224

  Laforet, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business life cycle; Empirical; Family owned business; Innovation; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874146449     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001311298493     Document Type: Article

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