Product innovation and firm's growth in family firms: A quantile regression approach

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 124-141

  Cucculelli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family firms; Firm's growth; Innovation; New product introduction; Product innovation; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881254339     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2013.055239     Document Type: Article

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