The Early Entrepreneurial Stage in Finnish Family and Nonfamily Firms

Family Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-54

  Littunen, Hannu ^a   Hyrsky, Kimmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 84996191395     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2000.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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