Reputational capital in family firms: Understanding uniqueness from the stakeholder point of view

Handbook of Research on Family Business, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 677-693

  Blombäck, Anna ^a   Botero, Isabel C ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84875366646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781009383.00044     Document Type: Chapter

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