An explorative study on family firms and open innovation breadth: Do non-family managers make the difference?

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 179-200

  Lazzarotti, Valentina ^a   Pellegrini, Luisa ^b  

^a CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family firms; Innovation technology strategy; Non family management; Open innovation breadth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924445154     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2015.067854     Document Type: Article

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