The entrepreneurial orientation-performance relationship in private family firms: The moderating role of socioemotional wealth

Small Business Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-55

  Schepers, Jelle ^a   Voordeckers, Wim ^a   Steijvers, Tensie ^a   Laveren, Eddy ^b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Firm performance; Private family firms; Socioemotional wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900552940     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9533-5     Document Type: Article

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