Kinship and business: how entrepreneurial households facilitate business growth

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 97-122

  Alsos, Gry Agnete ^a   Carter, Sara ^b,c   Ljunggren, Elisabet ^c  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORDLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

case studies; entrepreneurial growth; family business; households; rural areas

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; KINSHIP; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

NORWAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84893672027     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2013.870235     Document Type: Article

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