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A Review of the Family Business Literature

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A Review and Annotated Bibliography of Family Business Studies

Abstract

Recently, there has been a significant rise in interest about family firms. As evidence, the American Business Index — Global shows that the number of articles related to family business rose from 188, during the 14 year period between January 1971 and December 1985, to 680 for the period from 1986 to 1995.

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