Strategic Decisions Within Family Firms: Understanding the Controlling Family's Receptivity to Internationalization

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1145-1151

  Holt, Daniel T ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84876197343     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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