Do We Need to Use an Accountant? The Sales Growth and Survival Benefits to Family SMEs

Family Business Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-292

  Barbera, Francesco ^a   Hasso, Tim ^b  

^a STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

accountant; advisor; family firm; sales growth; survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881606044     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486513487198     Document Type: Article

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