Succession Decision-Making Outcomes Reported by Private Family Companies

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-401

  Westhead, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

employment size moderator; family firms; implications; succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998087184     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02662426030214001     Document Type: Article

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