Technology strategy in family business: A new avenue for research

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Bigliardi, Barbara ^a   Cassia, Lucio ^b   De Massis, Alfredo ^b   Frattini, Federico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family business; Family firms; Licensing; Patenting; Technology strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881235212     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2013.055262     Document Type: Article

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