Exploring what makes family firms different: Discrete or overlapping constructs in the literature?

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-183

  Dawson, Alexandra ^a   Mussolino, Donata ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Essence of family business; Familiness; Family involvement; Literature review; Socioemotional wealth; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902077429     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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