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    Rights statement: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Family Business Research. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Family Business Research, 7, 1, 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.08.001

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Qualitative research practices and family business scholarship: a review and future research agenda

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Qualitative research practices and family business scholarship: a review and future research agenda. / Fletcher, Denise; De Massis, Alfredo; Nordqvist, Mattias.
In: Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 7, No. 1, 04.03.2016, p. 8-25.

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Fletcher, D, De Massis, A & Nordqvist, M 2016, 'Qualitative research practices and family business scholarship: a review and future research agenda', Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 8-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.08.001

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Fletcher, D., De Massis, A., & Nordqvist, M. (2016). Qualitative research practices and family business scholarship: a review and future research agenda. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 7(1), 8-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.08.001

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Fletcher D, De Massis A, Nordqvist M. Qualitative research practices and family business scholarship: a review and future research agenda. Journal of Family Business Strategy. 2016 Mar 4;7(1):8-25. Epub 2015 Oct 27. doi: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.08.001

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Fletcher, Denise ; De Massis, Alfredo ; Nordqvist, Mattias. / Qualitative research practices and family business scholarship : a review and future research agenda. In: Journal of Family Business Strategy. 2016 ; Vol. 7, No. 1. pp. 8-25.

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