The professionalization of family firms: Theory and practice

Handbook of Research on Family Business

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 269-297

  Songini, Lucrezia ^a,b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

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