Family business inquiry as a critical social science

The Sage Handbook of Family Business

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 137-156

  Fletcher, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

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EID: 84924512834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446247556.n8     Document Type: Chapter

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