Productivity Growth in Private-Equity-Backed Family Firms

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 657-683

  Croce, Annalisa ^a   Martí, José ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 84910649616     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12138     Document Type: Article

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