Are Family Firms Really More Socially Responsible?

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1295-1316

  Cruz, Cristina ^a   Larraza Kintana, Martin ^b   Garcés Galdeano, Lucía ^b   Berrone, Pascual ^c  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 84927780947     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12125     Document Type: Article

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