CEO Tenure and Entrepreneurial Orientation Within Family and Nonfamily Firms

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 891-913

  Boling, J Ruben ^a   Pieper, Torsten M ^b   Covin, Jeffrey G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84923037951     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12150     Document Type: Article

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