Incubating the next generation to venture: The case of a family business in Hong Kong

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 749-767

  Au, Kevin ^a   Chiang, Flora F T ^b   Birtch, Thomas A ^c   Ding, Zhujun ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angel investment; Family business; Trans generational entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881370479     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-012-9331-7     Document Type: Article

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