Effects of organisational culture on organisational innovation performance in family firms

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 379-407

  Laforet, Sylvie ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family SMEs; Organizational culture; Organizational innovation; Organizational innovation performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971601474     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JSBED-02-2015-0020     Document Type: Article

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