The impact of small- and medium-sized family firms on economic growth

Small Business Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 771-785

  Memili, Esra ^a   Fang, Hanqing ^b,c   Chrisman, James J ^b,d   De Massis, Alfredo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Lancaster University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Family business; Family firms; Knowledge asymmetry; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946485584     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-015-9670-0     Document Type: Article

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