Understanding family firm innovation heterogeneity: A typology of family governance and socioemotional wealth intentions

Journal of Family Business Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 103-121

  Li, Zonghui ^a   Daspit, Joshua J ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Family business; Firm dominant coalition; Innovation strategy; Socioemotional wealth (SEW)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029602830     PISSN: 20436238     EISSN: 20436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JFBM-02-2015-0010     Document Type: Article

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