The Persistence of Multifamily Firms: Founder Imprinting, Simple Rules, and Monitoring Processes

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1313-1337

  Pieper, Torsten M ^a   Smith, Anne D ^b   Kudlats, Jerry ^c   Astrachan, Joseph H ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84945118080     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12179     Document Type: Article

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