Coping with Growth Transitions: The Case of Chinese Family Businesses in Singapore

Family Business Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-139

  Tan, Wee Liang ^a   Siew, Tong Fock ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84996235826     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2001.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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