A look into the future: What is the next generation of family business scholars focusing on?

The Sage Handbook of Family Business

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 629-641

  Dawson, Alexandra ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446247556.n33     Document Type: Chapter

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