External managers, family ownership and the scope of SME internationalization

Journal of World Business

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 534-547

  D'Angelo, Alfredo ^a   Majocchi, Antonio ^b   Buck, Trevor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External managers; Family ownership; Family SMEs; International scope; Internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956674696     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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