Socioemotional Wealth as a Mixed Gamble: Revisiting Family Firm R&D Investments With the Behavioral Agency Model

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1351-1374

  Gomez Mejia, Luis R ^a   Campbell, Joanna Tochman ^b   Martin, Geoffrey ^c   Hoskisson, Robert E ^d   Makri, Marianna ^e   Sirmon, David G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84908113409     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12083     Document Type: Article

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