Exit strategies in family firms: How socioemotional wealth drives the threshold of performance

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1297-1318

  Detienne, Dawn R ^a   Chirico, Francesco ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

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EID: 84887150662     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12067     Document Type: Article

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