Company performance and objectives reported by first and multi-generation family companies: A research note

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-105

  Westhead, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family firms; Multivariate analysis; Objectives; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077133     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000310461231     Document Type: Article

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