An attention-based view of family firm adaptation to discontinuous technological change: Exploring the role of family ceos' noneconomic goals

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 361-383

  Kammerlander, Nadine ^a   Ganter, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MANAGERS;

ATTENTION-BASED VIEWS; CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RESPONSE PATTERNS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

POWER CONTROL;

EID: 84926406960     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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