Family business survival and the role of boards

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1369-1389

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Wright, Mike ^b,c,d   Scholes, Louise ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84887175157     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12071     Document Type: Article

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