Sources of Heterogeneity in Family Firms: An Introduction

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1103-1113

  Chua, Jess H ^a   Chrisman, James J ^b,c   Steier, Lloyd P ^c   Rau, Sabine B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

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EID: 84876195384     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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