Strategic Consistency of Exploration and Exploitation in Family Businesses

Family Business Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-71

  Moss, Todd W ^a   Payne, G Tyge ^b   Moore, Curt B ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

exploration and exploitation; performance; strategic consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893554795     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486513504434     Document Type: Article

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