Psychological aspects of succession in family business management

Management Research Review

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 256-277

  Filser, Matthias ^a   Kraus, Sascha ^b   Märk, Stefan ^c  

^a MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Family business; Family firms; Psychological aspects; Succession planning; Succession process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875599398     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171311306409     Document Type: Review

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