Toward the Cluster Model: The Family Firm's Entrepreneurial Behavior Over Generations

Family Business Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-185

  Michael Tsabari, Nava ^a   Labaki, Rania ^b   Zachary, Ramona Kay ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster model; core peripheral; entrepreneurial behavior; family system; portfolio organic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899698857     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486514525803     Document Type: Article

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