Multilevel analysis in family business studies

The Sage Handbook of Family Business

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 594-610

  McKenny, Aaron F ^a   Payne, G Tyge ^b   Zachary, Miles A ^c   Short, Jeremy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84940780112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446247556.n30     Document Type: Chapter

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