Qualitative methods in family business research

The Sage Handbook of Family Business

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 573-593

  Reay, Trish ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84952309436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446247556.n29     Document Type: Chapter

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