Family management and profitability in private family-owned firms: Introducing generational stage and the socioemotional wealth perspective

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-137

  Sciascia, Salvatore ^a   Mazzola, Pietro ^a   Kellermanns, Franz W ^b,c  

^a IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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

^c WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Family management; Generational stage; Profitability; Socioemotional wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902080633     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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