How does family involvement affect innovation in China?

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 677-695

  Liang, Qiang ^a   Li, Xinchun ^b   Yang, Xueru ^c   Lin, Danming ^a   Zheng, Danhui ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Family firms; Family involvement; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881368385     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-012-9320-x     Document Type: Article

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