Adaptation Under Environmental Turmoil: Organizational Flexibility in Family-Owned Firms

Family Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-258

  Hatum, Andrés ^a   Pettigrew, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84996206224     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2004.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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