Preserving socioemotional wealth in family firms: Asset or liability? The moderating role of business context

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1341-1360

  Naldi, Lucia ^a   Cennamo, Carmelo ^b   Corbetta, Guido ^b   Gomez Mejia, Luis ^c  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84887156326     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12069     Document Type: Article

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