Family ownership and R&D intensity in small- and medium-sized firms

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 349-360

  Sciascia, Salvatore ^a   Nordqvist, Mattias ^b   Mazzola, Pietro ^a,c   De Massis, Alfredo ^d,e  

^a IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Lancaster University   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; LONG-TERM GOALS; LONG-TERM ORIENTATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED FIRMS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 84926420384     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12204     Document Type: Article

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