Technology, innovation and performance in family firms

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 142-161

  Alberti, Fernando G ^a   Pizzurno, Emanuele ^a  

^a CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Family firms; FFs; Innovation; Knowledge; Performance; R D; Technology strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881255030     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2013.055253     Document Type: Article

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