Paradoxes and Innovation in Family Firms: The Role of Paradoxical Thinking

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 161-176

  Ingram, Amy E ^a   Lewis, Marianne W ^b   Barton, Sid ^b   Gartner, William B ^c,d  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^d CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84960401266     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12113     Document Type: Article

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