Knowledge Internalization and Product Development in Family Firms: When Relational and Affective Factors Matter

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 201-229

  Chirico, Francesco ^a   Salvato, Carlo ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 84960421631     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12114     Document Type: Article

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