Innovation in family firms: Examining the inventory and mapping the path

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Filser, Matthias ^a   Brem, Alexander ^b   Gast, Johanna ^c,d   Kraus, Sascha ^a   Calabrò, Andrea ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

bibliometrics; citation analysis; Family firm; innovation; literature analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032069598     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919616500547     Document Type: Review

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