Dmitriy VolkovPublished in:
Russian Journal of Entrepreneurship
– № 8 / April, 2012



Keywords: basic and component approach to the family business, definition of family business, family business, methodology of family business, research of family business, theory of family business


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Abstract:

The article discusses the methodological foundation of the family business theory. An analysis of foreign publications of theoretical research in this area is given.

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