Family-Owned Businesses: An Emerging Field of Inquiry
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Family Business Review
- Vol. 1 (2) , 145-164
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6248.1988.00145.x
Abstract
This paper reviews the development of thinking about the family firm in four major areas of focus, and discusses the contributions and limitations of each approach.Keywords
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