Trust and family businesses

The Sage Handbook of Family Business

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 498-513

  Steier, Lloyd ^a   Muethel, Miriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

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EID: 84902876027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446247556.n25     Document Type: Chapter

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