Internationalization of family firms: The effect of ownership and governance

Review of Managerial Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-28

  Mitter, Christine ^a,b   Duller, Christine ^b   Feldbauer Durstmüller, Birgit ^b   Kraus, Sascha ^c,d  

^a SALZBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

Advisory board; Family firms; Family influence; Internationalization; Non family managers; Supervisory board

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891606123     PISSN: 18636683     EISSN: 18636691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11846-012-0093-x     Document Type: Article

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