An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Internationalization on the Performance of Unlisted Family and Nonfamily Firms in Australia

Family Business Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-160

  Graves, Chris ^a   Shan, Yuan George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

family business; firm performance; internationalization; small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); unlisted firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899680748     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486513491588     Document Type: Article

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