German family capitalism in the 21st century: Patient capital between bifurcation and symbiosis

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 729-750

  Lehrer, Mark ^a   Celo, Sokol ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family firms; Financialization; Germany; Institutional bifurcation; Patient capital; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014421500     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mww023     Document Type: Article

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