The study of organizations and evolving organizational forms through history: Reflections from the late medieval family firm

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 473-500

  Greif, Avner ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 8744230037     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/5.2.473     Document Type: Article

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