Servitisation and technological complexity in family and non-family firms: European evidence

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 221-239

  Marques, Pilar ^a   Bikfalvi, Andrea ^a   Simon, Alexandra ^b   Llach, Josep ^a   Lerch, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Family business; Family firms; Manufacturing; Services; Servitisation; SEW; Socioemotional wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924479124     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2015.067855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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