Family ownership, institutional ownership, and internationalization of SMEs

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 771-789

  Chen, Hsiang Lan ^a   Hsu, Wen Tsung ^b   Chang, Chiao Yi ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84927786489     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12031     Document Type: Article

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