Overseas Chinese family business research: a comparative analysis

Journal of Family Business Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-39

  Teik Cheok Loy, Johnben ^a  

^a TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Family business; Family firms; Globalization; Journals; Overseas Chinese; Research work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934267630     PISSN: 20436238     EISSN: 20436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20436231211216402     Document Type: Article

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