Family Business Research: The Evolution of an Academic Field

Family Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 337-350

  Bird, Barbara ^a   Welsch, Harold ^b   Astrachan, Joseph H ^c   Pistrui, David ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84996153572     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2002.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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