The role of internal social capital in organisational innovation. An empirical study of family firms

European Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 950-962

  Sanchez Famoso, Valeriano ^a   Maseda, Amaia ^a   Iturralde, Txomin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Family firm; Family social capital; Innovation; Internal social capital; Knowledge sharing; Non family social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922475347     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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