A qualitative research approach to the study of transgenerational entrepreneurship

Transgenerational Entrepreneurship: Exploring Growth and Performance in Family Firms Across Generations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 39-57

  Nordqvist, Mattias ^a   Zellweger, Thomas M ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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