Family communication and innovativeness in family firms

Family Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 429-442

  Sciascia, Salvatore ^a   Clinton, Eric ^b   Nason, Robert S ^c   James, Albert E ^d   Rivera Algarin, Juan O ^e  

^a IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Family communication; Family firms; Innovativeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884312720     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fare.12014     Document Type: Article

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