Product innovation, firm renewal and family governance

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 90-104

  Cucculelli, Marco ^a   Le Breton Miller, Isabelle ^b   Miller, Danny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Family firms; Firm renewal; Product innovation; Product portfolio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958582093     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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