What do we know about private family firms? A meta-analytical review

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 513-544

  Carney, Michael ^a   Van Essen, Marc ^b   Gedajlovic, Eric R ^c   Heugens, Pursey P M A R ^d  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84927909571     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12054     Document Type: Article

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