Propensity to patent by family firms

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 238-248

  Bannò, Mariasole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Empirical analysis; Family firms; Propensity to patent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999864904     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2016.07.002     Document Type: Article

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