Mapping the field of family business research: past trends and future directions

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-132

  Kraus, Sascha ^b,c   Filser, Matthias ^b   Kellermanns, Franz W ^d,e  

^a Melanie)   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; Content analysis; Family business research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888996662     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-013-0286-z     Document Type: Article

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