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Family Businesses’ Growth

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Having outlined the summarized key quotations of the interview partners; this concluding chapter is designed to acknowledge the limitations of the study, to note the theoretical and practical advancements and to open avenues for further research. Furthermore, this chapter provides the consolidated answers to the research questions and an overall summary of the dissertation.

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Seibold, L.K.C. (2020). Conclusion. In: Family Businesses’ Growth. Familienunternehmen und KMU. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29396-3_6

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