An entrepreneurial process perspective on succession in family firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1087-1122

  Nordqvist, Mattias ^a   Wennberg, Karl ^b,c   Bau', Massimo ^a   Hellerstedt, Karin ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm School of Economics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial process; Family firms; Literature review; Opportunity recognition; Ownership transition; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876693657     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-012-9466-4     Document Type: Review

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