Intergenerational knowledge sharing in family firms: Case-based evidence from the New Zealand wine industry

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 57-69

  Woodfield, Paul ^a,b   Husted, Kenneth ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bidirectional knowledge sharing; Family business; Intergenerational knowledge sharing; Knowledge based view; New Zealand; Wine industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009936556     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2017.01.001     Document Type: Article

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