New product portfolio performance in family firms

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1065-1073

  Kraiczy, Nils D ^a   Hack, Andreas ^a   Kellermanns, Franz W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

^c WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Family firms; New product portfolio performance; TMT diversity; TMT innovation orientation; Upper echelon theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897589853     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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