Why Is Family Firms' Internationalization Unique? A Meta-Analysis

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 801-831

  Arregle, Jean Luc ^a   Duran, Patricio ^b   Hitt, Michael A ^c,d   van Essen, Marc ^e  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84981524603     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12246     Document Type: Article

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