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Selected Books on Family Business
Building Family Business Champions by
"Building Family Business Champions" offers a practical framework for understanding and overcoming family business challenges. Drawing on decades of consulting experience and research, Eric G. Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle emphasize the importance of managing both family dynamics and business infrastructure. They provide managerial tools for planning, structuring, performance measurement, and culture management. Addressing unique issues like succession and familial dysfunction, the book includes self-assessments for family businesses. Illustrated with global case studies, it serves as a comprehensive guide for creating thriving multi-generational family businesses.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2016
Concise Introduction to the Family Firm by
Our Elgar Concise Introductions are expertly written by leading scholars to highlight key business principles and stimulate critical thinking. This Concise Introduction offers a function-based, processual approach to family firms, rethinking their nature and advancing understanding of internal dynamics. Authors Ramona Kay Zachary, Sharon M. Danes, and Elisa Balabram provide comprehensive theories, methods, and analyses of the relationships between the owning family and its business. Key features include cultural nuances, conceptual explorations, and operational and relational process analysis. Essential for researchers, students, family firm owners, practitioners, and consultants interested in entrepreneurship and family business dynamics.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023
De Gruyter Handbook of Business Families by
The De Gruyter Handbook of Business Families highlights that most firms are family firms, which operate differently from non-family firms. It features contributions from leading academics who explore emerging themes relevant to business families, drawing insights from various disciplines. The handbook challenges the "single firm-single family" model, recognizing that families often own multiple businesses and substantial wealth. It focuses on dynamics between family members, formal rules, and the institutionalization of wealth. This essential reference fills a gap in family business research, serving researchers and graduate students in the field.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023
Elgar Encyclopedia of Family Business by
This Encyclopedia is a valuable resource for studying family businesses, which require a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on fields like entrepreneurship, management, governance, economics, ethics, business history, and family studies. Contributions from over 60 international experts offer concise explanations of 115 significant family business topics, covering key theories, issues, and practices. The Encyclopedia provides insights into the positive and negative impacts of family ownership and management on businesses and society, with comprehensive cross-referencing for broader understanding. It is invaluable for anyone looking to understand, practice, or explore family business topics.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2024
Entrepreneurship Across Generations: Narrative, Gender and Learning in Family Business by
"Entrepreneurship across Generations" explores identity, gender, and learning in family businesses. Through narratives from two generations in five families, it portrays entrepreneurship as a social phenomenon. The book reveals how entrepreneurial capacity is shared and learned within family practices and business activities. It examines patriarchal practices and gendered identities, challenging dominant entrepreneurial discourses. The author argues that entrepreneurial identities are shaped by narratives and are continually negotiated across generations. This study offers new insights into entrepreneurship and is essential reading for students and practitioners in the field of family business.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2013
Family Business by
Family businesses, from small local enterprises to giants like Walmart, are the most common business form globally. This book highlights their crucial economic contributions and explores existing and potential research in the field. Drawing on global academic research and case studies, it explains theories of family businesses and challenges prevailing myths. Exercises linked to case studies help develop practical skills. This concise textbook is essential for family business students and valuable for those interested in entrepreneurship.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2020
Family Business by
This comprehensive work addresses the growing need for a resource on family business literature. Recognizing family businesses as the most common business form and a significant part of global GDP, scholars explore critical questions, such as:
- Why do family firms deserve special research attention?
- How are family firms different from other businesses?
- Is there a shared definition of family firms and families in business?
- Are behavioral and governance issues unique in family enterprises? This four-volume set provides a rich overview of family businesses and enterprising families, covering their scope, impact, governance, and behavioral issues.
Location: Pardee Library Stacks: HD62.25 .F36 2015Publication Date: 2014
Family Business Key Issues by
The family business has been the most prevalent and pervasive form of business in many countries and raises particular questions concerning succession and governance and in particular the relationships between management, board members and family members. This book is a collection of articles by leading thinkers and practitioners on the family business which covers such issues as assuring a healthy family business, family strategy, governance and succession
Location: Pardee Library Stacks: HD62.25 .K46 2005Publication Date: 2004
Family Business Metaphors: Envisioning Images of Peaceful and Sustainable Organizations by
Typically, business advice warns against involving family, but this book argues that this view may contribute to modern social and environmental issues. It suggests that prioritizing business over family leads to harm and proposes an alternative perspective. The book discusses how core beliefs and metaphors influence our approach to business, advocating for sustainable methods that include the family. It explores organizational symbolism, metaphors, and archetypes, positioning family businesses as fundamental to social organization, aiming to redefine the family’s role within business and the economy.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022
Family Enterprise: Understanding Families in Business and Families of Wealth by
A thorough explanation of how family enterprises work, this book explores their role as the backbone of the US and international economies. Covering operating businesses, family offices, and multi-generational companies, it provides key definitions, characteristics, and concepts for working with family enterprises. Written by experts at the Family Firm Institute, it is an ideal resource for professionals in law, finance, management, behavioral science, family office and fund managers, and anyone interested in a multidisciplinary approach to family enterprises.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2014
Family Entrepreneurship: Insights from Leading Experts on Successful Multi-Generational Entrepreneurial Families by
This book explores how entrepreneurial families achieve success across generations, emphasizing the need for entrepreneurship at the family level, not just within their businesses. Written by leading academics and consultants, it provides insights, evidence, frameworks, and perspectives on successful family entrepreneurship. The chapters examine the characteristics, motivations, and behaviors of these families over time, offering suggestions for sustaining entrepreneurship. This comprehensive guide will serve as a key reference for family business consultants, owners, and scholars.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook by
Navigate the complex decisions and relationships necessary to sustain a healthy family business. Though family businesses range from mom-and-pop shops to global giants, few resources address their unique challenges. The HBR Family Business Handbook by Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer offers expert guidance on communicating, managing conflict, and building governance structures. This comprehensive guide includes:
- Insights on what makes family businesses succeed or fail
- Frameworks for decision-making
- Guidance on managing change
- Key questions about wealth
- Real company stories
- Chapter summaries
Use this handbook to help your family business thrive across generations.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
The History of Family Business, 1850-2000 by
This historical and comparative overview of family business examines the different relationships within family businesses and among family enterprises, as well as different political and institutional contexts. Andrea Colli compares the performance of family businesses with that of other economic organizations, and looks at how these enterprises have contributed to the evolution of contemporary industrial capitalism. He also analyzes the reasons for both the decline and persistence of family businesses.
Location: Mugar Library Stacks: HD62.25 .C65 2003Publication Date: 2002
The Landscape of Family Business by
"The Landscape of Family Business" offers a holistic view for owners, consultants, and academics, expanding on 12 years of research. It addresses key outcomes in family business, their relationships, and the overall pattern revealed. The book presents a Map of the Landscape of Family Business and features reviews from leading scholars on seven clusters: Governance, Performance, Social and Economic Impact, Strategy, Family Dynamics, Family Business Roles, and Succession. This insightful, clear, and concise book is an invaluable resource for scholars, academics, and family business owners and managers.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2013
Own It!: How to Develop a Family Enterprise Owner’s Mindset at Every Age by
Most business-owning families lack guidance on effective ownership development, hindering their ability to transition their enterprise to the next generation. This book serves as a resource to help families develop thoughtful, capable ownership by fostering an owner's mindset and "ownership literacy." It offers a learning structure for each stage of ownership development, from early years to retirement, considering the family lifecycle. The authors emphasize that ownership skills can be developed at any age, contributing to family harmony and business success. It provides practical advice on personal, interpersonal, leadership, wealth, business, ownership, and financial skills.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022
The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups by
Family business groups (FBGs) are crucial to national economies and influential worldwide. While research has focused on emerging economies, more knowledge is needed on FBGs in developed economies, particularly regarding innovation, strategy, governance, and growth. This Handbook offers a global perspective with contributions from leading experts. It is divided into five sections covering strategy and transformation, innovation strategies, management and governance, and new research avenues, including sustainability and cultural alignment. This comprehensive resource is essential for students and researchers of family business, strategy, and management, highlighting the significance of FBGs and advancing research in this area.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022
The Successful Family Business: A Proactive Plan for Managing the Family and the Business by
Over 80% of businesses in the U.S. are family-owned, from local shops to global empires. These businesses drive innovation and economic growth but face high failure rates: over 75% fail within five years, and only 10% survive a decade. Less than one-third successfully transition to a second generation, often due to poor planning. In "The Successful Family Business," Edward Hess explores family business dynamics and strategies for success. Topics include creating a family values statement, resolving sibling conflicts, managing leadership transitions, defining perks, working with the board, and going public. Hess also provides operating rules and practical resources for family businesses.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2005
CEO Succession, Leadership, And (Dis)similarity: A Mixed Methods Approach by
CEO succession represents a challenge for many companies. The leadership style of the new CEO impacts employees' attitudes which, in turn, might be biased by the comparison employees make with their previous CEO. Cristina Pratelli investigates how and why leadership style (dis)similarity between the predecessor and the successor develops and affects successor leadership effectiveness. After a literature review and a theoretical model, she presents results from a quantitative study with SMEs in Switzerland as well as a qualitative multiple-case study with family businesses based in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. This work offers new insights into CEO selection, leadership development, and the effectiveness of organizations.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2019
Company Law and the Law of Succession by
This book links company law to the law of succession, focusing on family businesses. It combines legal analysis, empirical data, and psychological and sociological insights to understand the legal framework of family businesses. The book highlights the need for practitioners to grasp the legal background of family-run enterprises and create mechanisms like contracts, trusts, and foundations for transferring shares and control within the family. By comparing legal techniques and developments across various countries, it shows how companies and families can develop customized solutions for business succession within the legal framework.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2015
Estate and Business Succession Planning: A Legal Guide to Wealth Transfer by
Written by two attorneys who specialize in estate planning, this book clarifies all the issues involved in planning an estate and transferring wealth. It offers comprehensive estate planning guidelines, including creating a will, designating power of attorney, trusts, and life insurance, and includes up-to-date estate and inheritance tax information.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2001
Family Business Case Studies Across the World: Succession and Governance in a Disruptive Era by
This book presents global case studies to understand how family firms can respond to future disruptions. Each case includes learning notes, objectives, discussion questions, and suggested readings to engage learners. Topics such as global succession and governance practices enhance strategic decision-making in family businesses. Covering founder-led SMEs to multi-generational conglomerates in 18 countries, the cases address generational involvement, cultural aspects, and industries. The book explores the impact of family feuds, sudden death, divorce, and multiple marriages, concluding with insights on succession and rising-generation leaders. It offers practical learning for advanced students and scholars of family business and strategic management.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022
Family Firms in Transition: Case Studies on Succession, Inheritance, and Governance by
Many challenges faced by family-owned businesses arise when the firm matures and the first generation must address the roles of their children and the long-term future of the enterprise. This collection of global case studies demonstrates how governance impacts the succession of leadership and the inheritance of ownership and wealth. Governance links family and firm, affecting the success of succession plans. This volume features nine in-depth cases from various industries, highlighting the complexity of issues and offering solutions through interactive exercises and questions. Valuable for students, family business members, consultants, investors, and professional advisors.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2011
Family Wealth Continuity: Building a Foundation for the Future by
Family business owners aim to perpetuate family and wealth for generations. To ensure wealth continuity, many families implement estate plans, trusts, succession plans, and governance structures. However, many of these plans fail due to family conflict or communication issues. David Lansky reveals that one-size-fits-all plans often overlook unique family factors. He emphasizes building a solid foundation by understanding and improving key elements: learning capacity, familyness, safe communication culture, commitment to personal development, and effective leadership of change. This book is a starting point for discussions, helping families create effective, customized continuity plans.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2016
Myths and Mortals: Family Business Leadership and Succession Planning by
Stepping into your family business leadership role can be tough. "Myths & Mortals" offers strategies to overcome the shadow of your parents and build your own credibility. Learn from successful successors and develop your unique leadership style to guide the business forward.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2015
Succession for Change: Strategic transitions in family and founder-led businesses by
Korine reframes succession in family and founder-led businesses as an entrepreneurial choice, focusing on succession for change rather than continuity. Leaders often aim to preserve their legacy, but this can hinder necessary development. "Succession for Change" explores how competitive advantage has evolved and examines current approaches to addressing the need for change in succession. Korine's research shows that focusing on change and entrepreneurial values in succession planning ensures businesses thrive long after their founders. He offers a framework for succession as transformation, enabling new leaders to build on, rather than merely preserve, the legacy of their predecessors.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2017
Succession Planning: Promoting Organizational Sustainability by
This book explores current research on succession planning strategies and tactics, comparing and contrasting effective processes across business, education, and healthcare. It examines succession planning from commercial, government, and non-profit perspectives, featuring active research, broad literature reviews, and conceptual frameworks. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of the theoretical foundations and ethical considerations for sustainable leadership in succession planning.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2018
Succession Planning for Financial Advisors: Building an Enduring Business by
This book challenges everything you know about succession planning. For independent advisors, it's becoming essential for strategic growth, ensuring business and income continuity while attracting younger advisors. Now is the time to address what will happen to your practice and clients after you exit. "Succession Planning for Financial Advisors: Building an Enduring Business" guides you in creating a lifetime income plan, managing equity, and attracting next-gen talent. Understand when to start a formal succession plan and how succession planning differs from selling your business. Written by industry expert David Grau Sr., JD, this resource is invaluable for financial advisors and professionals.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2014
The Complete Family Office Handbook by
The 2nd Edition of "The Complete Family Office: A Guide for Affluent Families and Advisors" offers essential insights for setting up, managing, and advising wealthy families and their offices. It equips families to sustain and grow wealth across generations and assists advisors in better serving their needs. Topics include structuring a family office, compliance and risk management practices, investment management, estate planning, philanthropy, family governance, succession planning, and creating a family constitution. With practical case studies and global perspectives, this handbook provides comprehensive research and guidance for managing family wealth effectively and preparing the next generation of owners.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2020
Family Multinationals: Entrepreneurship, Governance, and Pathways to Internationalization by
Contrary to the belief that family enterprises lack resources for globalization, many family companies compete successfully globally. Numerous thriving multinationals remain family-owned or controlled. Despite extensive literature on globalization, few studies focus on family multinationals. This volume bridges internationalization and family business research, examining why families play significant roles in prominent firms, maintain control, and divest unrelated ventures while internationalizing. Using comparative historical and case study approaches, the book explores unique strategies and structures of family multinationals across different countries and times, highlighting their internationalization pathways and long-term developments.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2013
The Family Office: A Comprehensive Guide for Advisers, Practitioners, and Students by
Family offices manage the personal and financial affairs of wealthy families. Historically secretive, they now have a higher public profile, representing 7% of the world's ultra-high-net-worth population but controlling 50% of the wealth. This book, by veteran practitioners William I. Woodson and Edward V. Marshall, offers an insider's view of family offices: their creation, roles, and management. Through problem-based learning cases, it follows a family's journey from a liquidity event through the lifecycle of their family office. This resource is essential for practitioners, students, family principals, advisers, and service providers engaging with family offices.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
The Family Office: A Practical Guide to Strategically and Operationally Managing Family Wealth by
The book offers essential advice for entrepreneurs and families in establishing a family office. It covers key considerations, including different models and their benefits, expected costs, necessary wealth, and roles of Family Officers. Best practices for governance, succession planning, and philanthropy are discussed. Insights are enriched by interviews with family members, officers, and consultants worldwide. Both professionals and families will find this examination beneficial. Authors Boris Canessa, Jens Escher, Alexander Koeberle-Schmid, Peter Preller, and Christoph Weber, experts in family offices, provide detailed guidance on organization, governance structures, asset allocation, and succession planning.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2019
Governance and Family Firms by
This authoritative research review provides a comprehensive overview of the role of family firms in the global economy. The editors have selected seminal papers examining how the family business model impacts firm performance and corporate decision-making, and the relationship between family control and governance mechanisms. Given the significance of corporate governance and family firms, this collection is essential for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. Understanding family firms is crucial, as they drive global economic growth. With an original introduction, this book is an excellent reference for students, practitioners, and researchers in governance and family business.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2012
Governance in Family Enterprises: Maximising Economic and Emotional Success by
Presents a comprehensive overview of governance in family enterprises including practical management knowledge in easy-to-use frameworks and interviews with renowned family enterprise owners and managers. Readers will benefit from the book's systematic approach and the opportunity to learn from the experience of other family enterprises.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2013
Management Controlling and Governance of Family Businesses: Theoretical Insights and Empirical Evidence from Italy by
This book explores key topics in family businesses, including managerialization, professionalization, succession, internationalization, and access to financial markets. It examines how governance and control systems address common challenges. Written by experts, the chapters highlight interactions between these topics, developing a systems view of family business challenges and governance roles. The book is divided into two parts: the first reviews current literature and builds a theoretical framework, while the second interprets empirical evidence, including case studies on Italian family-run firms.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2020
Topics of Family Business Governance: Insights on Structures, Strategies, and Executives by
This book focuses on the role of the board in family businesses and specifically on processes and topics of strategic importance. It comprises all the relevant topics which need to be addressed on a regular basis such as strategy development, financial management, and leadership. The pros and cons of each issue are elaborated. This is one of the few books which addresses family businesses from governance systems to the role of executives. The diverse set of examples carefully collected by the authors and an in-depth discussion on the topics provide readers with valuable insights to broaden and enrich the effectiveness of governance.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2020
The Two Sides of the Business Family: Governance and Strategy Across Generations by
This book explores a crucial success factor for family businesses: maintaining decision-making ability across generations without risking conflicts, inefficient governance, or lack of identification. The authors highlight the challenge of merging family and business systems, which often have conflicting logics. The book presents findings from a research project involving family managers from eleven of Germany's oldest and largest family businesses, who met over three years to share their governance structures. They identified twelve core questions essential for balancing family and business relationships. Success lies in engaging families in finding their unique answers and understanding the distinct roles of family and business.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
Engaged Ownership: A Guide for Owners of Family Businesses by
Successful ownership transition requires effective decision-making at the top. "Engaged Ownership" is the definitive owner's guide to family enterprises. This book helps owners work effectively with management and the board to keep the enterprise moving forward. It offers a time-tested process for improving decision-making, managing the shift from owner control to shared ownership, and minimizing risk. Learn to enhance communication and relationships, align stakeholders with your vision, and inspire teamwork for sustainable success. As ownership transfers increase with retiring Baby Boomers, this guide helps smooth the transition and empowers owners to become successful stewards of family capital.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2015
Entrepreneurship and Family Business Vitality: Surviving and Flourishing in the Long Term by
In order to respond to economic globalization and increased competitive pressures, companies need innovative, efficient and effective management strategies. Accordingly, this book explores various scenarios faced by entrepreneurs and family businesses, and proposes strategies to tackle the challenges and seize opportunities to grow in a highly competitive environment. It underscores the importance of deploying vital strategies to survive and flourish in the long term, overcoming challenges, and capitalizing on opportunities in order to attain / maintain a competitive position. By presenting and integrating the latest insights and case studies on entrepreneurship, family businesses, and strategy research, the book provides concrete recommendations for effective business survival and growth.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2019
Family Businesses in Tourism and Hospitality: Innovative Studies and Approaches by
This book offers new insights into family businesses in tourism and hospitality, exploring whether the "family business model" is a key development opportunity and innovation driver in the industry. Contributions from various countries investigate the relationship between family needs, business growth, and profit maximization, alongside tourism business development through innovation. Topics include SME competency, the impact of COVID-19 on performance and marketing, and policy improvements.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023
How to Lead Your Family Business: Excelling Through Unexpected Crises, Choices, and Challenges by
Julie Charlestein, the fourth-generation leader of Premier Dental Products Company, shares strategies for navigating the challenges of family businesses in "How to Lead Your Family Business." She offers insights on reshaping company culture, earning respect, and leading in a male-dominated environment. Drawing from her experience, Julie discusses family drama and office politics, providing actionable advice for those working in family-owned companies. Through candid and humorous stories, she guides readers on handling succession, leadership, and the unique difficulties family businesses face as they evolve and grow.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023
Innovation in Small Family Businesses by
"Innovation in Small Family Businesses" offers a critical and comprehensive review of innovation research in family-owned businesses. Sylvie Laforet explores how innovation is developed, the underlying factors, and the drivers and barriers within these firms. The book provides suggestions for fostering and sustaining innovation and discusses the government's role. It significantly contributes to the theoretical development of innovation in family firms and small businesses. With a detailed literature review, it serves as a valuable reference for academics, students, policymakers, and practitioners, identifying future research avenues.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2012
Managing For The Long Run: Lessons In Competitive Advantage From Great Family Businesses by
Conventional thinking holds that family-controlled businesses are beset by inherent weaknesses from "clan" cultures to stable ownership that hobble success and erode competitive advantage. This book argues that those very traits are part of what has ensured the sustained success of some of the world's leading and long-lived family controlled businesses. This is not a book for "mom and pop" family businesses. Rather, it is for firms of all kinds and sizes who want to emulate the strategies of the best family-controlled businesses for long term success.
Location: Pardee Library Stacks: HD62.25 .M54 2005Publication Date: 2005
Reputation Management and Family Business by
Corporate reputation is crucial for competitive advantage and company value. Managing reputation is complex and challenging, particularly for family businesses. The author develops a strategic model for family business reputation management, reviewing and synthesizing views on reputation's role in value building, its determinants, and the unique factors of family businesses. The book covers reputation-building areas, resources, and key links in corporate reputation management. It offers practical recommendations for improving family businesses through reputation management. This pioneering model is valuable for researchers, students, and managers in family business, entrepreneurship, small business management, and leadership studies.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
Strategic Planning for The Family Business: Parallel Planning to Unify the Family and Business by
Family business planning traditionally focuses on estate planning and succession, which is too limited for today’s family firms. Modern business families seek profit, self-expression, innovation, and legacy. The authors introduce the Parallel Planning Process, integrating family and business needs to create an organic, entrepreneurial unit. The book includes planning templates and studies of well-known family businesses.
Location: Pardee LIbrary Stacks: HD62.25 .C37 2001Publication Date: 2001- The Two Sides of the Business Family: Governance and Strategy Across Generations by
This book explores a crucial success factor for family businesses: maintaining decision-making ability across generations without risking conflicts, inefficient governance, or lack of identification. The authors highlight the challenge of merging family and business systems, which often have conflicting logics. The book presents findings from a research project involving family managers from eleven of Germany's oldest and largest family businesses, who met over three years to share their governance structures. They identified twelve core questions essential for balancing family and business relationships. Success lies in engaging families in finding their unique answers and understanding the distinct roles of family and business.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
Wise Family Business: Family Identity Steering Brand Success by
This book helps family-run businesses achieve long-term success by leveraging their family identity to build strong brands. It explores real-world examples of family businesses and argues that a strong family identity can unite the family and guide the business strategy. By creating a trusted brand, family businesses can attract customers and talent for generations.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2016
Coaching In the Family Owned Business: A Path to Growth by
This book showcases scholarly work from leading coaching psychologists and coaches worldwide, providing thoughtful analysis of group dynamics, family systems, and psychotherapeutic approaches to family business coaching. It offers both theoretical foundations and practical applications, serving as a key reference for family businesses, practitioners, coaches, researchers, postgraduate students, and the coaching profession. The book aims to enhance knowledge and develop innovative coaching practices for family businesses globally, highlighting the partnership between group dynamics and family businesses in diverse settings, ultimately benefiting the coaching profession on a global scale.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2011
Conflict in Family Businesses: Conflict, Models, and Practices by
This book presents methods for dealing with conflict in family firms. The first part of the book defines conflict in general and then in the context of family businesses. It then identifies several approaches to dealing with conflict. As the author makes clear, conflict can negatively impact the performance of a family firm while unresolved conflict often results in unsuccessful transition to the next generation. Therefore, she presents a model that looks at the causes of conflict and ways of resolving it. The second part of the book presents case studies of conflicts in family business, examining such companies as Gucci and L'Oreal and applying the theory. This book will serves as a foundational text in managing disputes in family enterprises.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2017
Conflicts and Conflict Dynamics in Business Families Dealing with Internal Family Disputes by
Family business conflicts can cripple both the company and the family. This book tackles these conflicts, exploring common issues and proven solutions. Drawing on 18 years of experience, the authors offer practical methods for resolving family business disputes.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2024
Dysfunction and Deviance Across Family Firms: Varying Reflections of the Dark Side by
This book examines the impact of deviance and dysfunction in family firms, arguing that family systems' development in various contexts influences negative behaviors. It explores recent advancements in family systems theory to guide future research on socio-legal, social-biological, and role-based families. The book aims to blend current management theory with these developments, laying the groundwork for a future research agenda on family firms.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2024
Family Business Dynamics: A Role and Identity Based Perspective by
This book reveals how family relations influence family-owned business dynamics, focusing on roles and identities in strategic development and succession. Annika Hall examines their implications at different family and business life cycle stages. Highlighting inherent dynamics in family businesses, she explains how these can benefit business development if role transitions are managed well. By connecting micro socio-psychological aspects to macro business outcomes, the book offers practical advice and integrates theory with detailed case studies. This makes it appealing to practitioners, academics, and students of interpretive methodology and family business.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2012
Family Business on the Couch: A Psychological Perspective by
The challenge for family businesses is recognizing and addressing their issues and creating narratives that explain the emotional dimensions to the family. Emotional problems often outweigh business-related ones. This book uses psychodynamic and family systematic frameworks to offer new insights into family firms. Real-world cases illustrate how to avoid pitfalls during transitions. The authors provide tools for analyzing these cases, encouraging readers to draw conclusions, improve business performance, and strengthen family relationships, aiming to prevent bitter endings.
Location: Pardee Library Stacks: HD62.25 .K485 2007Publication Date: 2007
The Family in Business: The Dynamics of the Family Owned Firm by
Family businesses have unique traits that set them apart from other models, making their consultation distinct and challenging. Ignoring these differences often leads to failure. The book targets both consultants and family members seeking assistance, emphasizing the need for mutual understanding. Consultants must grasp family dynamics intertwined with the business, while family members need clarity on expectations. Key topics include succession planning, successor selection, conflict resolution, family roles in the business, management team involvement, post-succession planning, and building a board of advisors. This knowledge is crucial for effective consultation and successful family business management.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2011
Family Wars: Classic Conflicts in Family Business and How to Deal with Them by
Family Wars takes you behind the scenes on a rollercoaster ride through the ups and downs of some of the biggest family-run companies in the world - and shows how family in-fighting has threatened to bring about their downfall. Covering families such as Ford, Gucci, McCain, Guinness, Gallo, Redstone and many more, Family Wars also provides valuable advice and insight for anyone involved with a family-run business.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2008
Goals, Control and Conflicts in Family Offices by
This describes a book about family offices, private firms managing a wealthy family's assets. Family offices influence economies and businesses, but are under-studied. This book explores their goals, control structures, and conflicts, arguing they deserve attention in financial and management research.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2013
The Power of Inclusion in Family Business by
Family businesses thrive with strong, prepared owners. Yet, many daughters lack the tools to succeed. This book tackles the "daughters' inclusion challenge" by helping families empower women as owners, leaders, and stewards. Experts share strategies for overcoming cultural barriers and including women in family business management and ownership. This guide offers practical advice for a more inclusive future for family businesses worldwide.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022
Women in Family Business: New Perspectives, Contexts and Roles by
This book contributes to the growing research on women in family businesses, exploring how gender, feminism, and cultural differences influence these organizations. It covers topics such as gender equality differences, daughters' succession in Chinese family businesses, spousal ownership teams, and Saudi Arabian daughters overcoming gender constraints. Using quantitative data, literature reviews, and case studies, it provides insights and future research suggestions. Essential for students, academics, and researchers in family business, entrepreneurship, and gender studies, it is also valuable for business advisers and practitioners.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2024
Adaptation or Expiration in Family Firms: Organizational Flexibility in Emerging Economies by
Andres Hatum explores organizational flexibility in four family-owned companies, two flexible and two less so, from the edible oil and pharmaceutical industries. Using innovative analyses, he identifies five determinants of flexibility: heterogeneity of the dominant coalition, centralized and formalized decision-making, low macroculture embeddedness, environmental scanning, and strong organizational identity. These factors enabled some firms to adapt quickly in Argentina's volatile environment. This study bridges organizational flexibility, innovativeness, and institutional embeddedness, providing valuable insights for academics and family business managers on what enables some family-owned businesses to thrive while others fail.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2007
Family Business and Technological Innovation: Empirical Insights from the Italian Pharmaceutical Industry by
This book examines technological innovation in family firms, particularly within the Italian pharmaceutical industry, challenging the traditional view of family firms as conservative. It explores the connections between family governance and technological advances. The study is divided into two parts: an overview of current literature and an empirical investigation in the industry. Combining theoretical reasoning and empirical analysis, this book is a valuable resource for practitioners and academics in business strategy.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2017
Family Business Debates: Multidimensional Perspectives Across Countries, Continents and Geo-political Frontiers by
Family businesses face a tough world. They need to adapt to new ideas and challenges, while keeping their special identity. "Family Business Debates" explores these issues, offering insights from experts on both the good and bad sides of family-run companies. This book brings the latest research to family business owners and researchers everywhere.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022
Family Businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa: Behavioral and Strategic Perspectives by
This pioneering book highlights the crucial role of family businesses in sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth. It examines managerial, behavioral, and strategic issues, providing insights into their performance and regional influence. Unlike advanced economies, little information exists on these dominant companies in sub-Saharan Africa. Through empirical evidence and cross-country data, expert contributors explore management practices, employee productivity, human resources, governance, and women's roles. This essential text is for students, researchers, and family business owners seeking to enhance their companies for the benefit of sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2016
Family Businesses in the Arab World: Governance, Strategy, and Financing by
This book focuses on topics such as the cultural specificity of Arab family businesses with regard to shaping their governance and management; the influence that specific values in the Arab world could exert on the management of family businesses; how spiritual and religious values influence business in Arab family firms; and the role of emotions in the management of family firms in the Arab World. Presenting a collection of contributions addressing management, finance, strategy and succession in Arab Family businesses, this book constitutes a novel and unique contribution to the research field of family businesses.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2017
Family Business Heterogeneity in Latin America: A Historical Perspective by
This book examines the evolution of family firms in Latin America from the colonial period to today. Using institutional change theory, social capital theory, and resource-based views, it explores how family businesses adapted to market uncertainties. The authors analyze the impact of foreign settlers, the shift from state-owned enterprises to privatized family businesses, and globalization. Featuring case studies from various countries, the text offers entrepreneurship scholars a fresh perspective on a neglected region.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022
Family Business in China, Volume 1 by
Family businesses in China are influenced by Confucian culture, marketization, and government supervision. This volume examines the social and historical foundations of Chinese family businesses. It starts with an overview of households, families, and clans in ancient China, highlighting their economic, social, and cultural roles. It explores four unique features distinguishing the Chinese family system from the West. The book traces the evolution of family businesses up to 1949 and evaluates changes before and after the 1978 "Open-up and Reform." This interdisciplinary work provides a comprehensive perspective on the development of family firms in China.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
Family Enterprise in the Asia Pacific: Exploring Transgenerational Entrepreneurship in Family Firms by
This book analyzes findings from the first Asia Pacific summit of the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) project. Researchers in Australia, China, and India explored eleven case studies on challenges faced by business families in maintaining entrepreneurial capabilities across generations. Each chapter addresses key issues such as communication across generations, sibling conflict, succession, and professionalization. The book offers insights on sustaining entrepreneurial performance and its relation to the continuity and growth of family businesses. It is valuable for academics, students, policymakers, and consultants in business, entrepreneurship, and Asian studies. Contributors include K. Au, S.-J. Chen, W. Chen, H.-M. Chung, and more.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2011
Family Firms and Business Families in Cross-Cultural Perspective Bringing Anthropology Back In by
This edited volume offers an anthropological study of family businesses and business families, emphasizing a comparative cross-cultural approach. It addresses how business families are defined in different cultures and examines kinship as a process of "doing family." The book provides a systematic comparison of the connections between family, kinship, and economic activity across cultures, breaking new ground with empirical and theoretical insights. This approach highlights the complexities and challenges of analyzing economic activity and entrepreneurship within cultural contexts, a topic often overlooked in previous research on family firms.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023
Firms Within Families: Enterprising in Diverse Country Contexts by
"Firms within Families: Enterprising in Diverse Country Contexts" explores the double embeddedness of family businesses within economic, institutional, and cultural environments. Part I examines socio-emotional wealth and its impact on a firm's strategies and performance, while Part II looks at work-family interface strategies and their effects on owner-manager well-being. Featuring studies from the US, Switzerland/Germany, China, Brazil, and India, the book highlights similarities and differences in family-related influences on businesses across regions. This volume is essential for scholars of entrepreneurship, family enterprise, and international business.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2015
Korean Women in Leadership by
The book focuses on the historical, political, economic, and cultural elements of Korea and the strong influence these have on women leaders in the nation. Gender inequality and underutilization of female talent are deeply rooted and widespread in Korean society, and women's appointment to high-ranking leadership roles is extremely challenging due to their inferior status to men. This book addresses the development and participation of women leaders at the organizational level, exposing the global gender gap and dominant western values from a uniquely Korean perspective.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2017
The Palgrave Handbook of Family Firm Internationalization by
Family firms (FFs) dominate globally, significantly contributing to employment, revenue, and GDP in capitalist countries. Though MNCs are key in international business, many family firms also operate internationally. This handbook explores the unique aspects of FF internationalization, offering FF-specific theories and examining their growth into multinationals. It highlights the role of network ties and focuses on FF internationalization in Asian and emerging markets. Providing valuable insights for students, scholars, and policymakers, this handbook is essential for understanding family business, entrepreneurship, and internationalization.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
Race and Entrepreneurial Success: Black-, Asian-, and White-Owned Businesses in the United States by
"Race and Entrepreneurial Success" by Robert Fairlie and Alicia Robb examines racial disparities in business performance using U.S. Census Bureau data. The book highlights why Asian-owned businesses outperform white- and black-owned firms, emphasizing the critical role of startup capital and higher education levels. It explores broader entrepreneurial success factors, finding that financial and human capital, as well as family business backgrounds, significantly impact outcomes. The study reveals that black entrepreneurs often lack startup funds and pre-business work experience, contributing to lower success rates compared to their Asian and white counterparts.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2008
Borrowed from Your Grandchildren: The Evolution of 100-year Family Enterprises by
"Borrowed from My Grandchildren" explores how families maintain and grow their wealth across generations. Author Dennis T. Jaffe, a leading family enterprise consultant, shares insights from successful 100-year family businesses in 20 countries. These families, whether owning legacy businesses or managing family offices, have preserved their values and identity through collaborative governance. The book presents real-life stories of successes and failures, offering valuable lessons on the financial, human, and social dimensions of wealth. It's essential reading for family members, non-family executives, and professionals in estate planning, finance, and family business consulting.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2020
The Bronfmans: The Rise and Fall of the House of Seagram by
The Bronfman family saga is dominated by "Mr. Sam," who made Seagram a global wine and spirits empire. After his death in 1971, his son Edgar maintained the business, achieving a major coup by acquiring a stake in DuPont. However, in the 1990s, Edgar Jr.'s ambition led to selling the DuPont stake to invest in Universal and Polygram Records, while neglecting the liquor business. This resulted in stagnation and eventual sale to Vivendi. The story details the larger-than-life personalities and rivalries that made the family famous and infamous.
Location: Pardee Library Stacks: HD9390.C22 B718 2006Publication Date: 2007
Citizen Coors: A Grand Family Saga of Business, Politics, and Beer by
Citizen Coors is the riveting saga of the Coors family dynasty, from Adolph Coors' 1868 arrival in America to the global expansion of Coors Brewing Company. The family's old-fashioned principles nearly led to their downfall, resisting modern marketing and innovation. The story features dramatic events, including suicides, familial conflicts, and a consumer boycott. It also chronicles the Coors family's significant impact on American politics, financing conservative movements and shaping the political landscape. Based on over 150 interviews, this book captures the eccentricity, genius, and tragic flaws of the Coors family and their billion-dollar empire.
Location: Pardee Library Stacks: HD9397.U54 C667 2000Publication Date: 2000
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by
Delves into the Sackler family's rise to wealth through Valium and OxyContin. The saga spans generations, detailing personal dramas, corporate maneuvers, and the opioid crisis' origins. Keefe's narrative prowess exposes the Sacklers' methods, legal dodges, and their impact on American society.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
Entrepreneurial Family Businesses: A Textbook on Innovation, Governance, and Succession, with Case Studies by
This book offers an extensive overview of family business topics, including ownership, governance, succession, internationalization, innovation, and socioemotional wealth. Each chapter includes learning objectives, key concepts, and case studies. The book emphasizes entrepreneurial skills necessary for family businesses to thrive. It discusses best practices, valuable for scholars and students alike. New topics include open innovation, sustainable entrepreneurship, digital aspects, estate planning, and strategic HR. Specially curated case studies and classroom activities make it particularly useful for MBA students and lecturers.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2024
Family Capitalism: Wendels, Haniels, Falcks, and the Continental European Model by
This history of three powerful European family firms spans over 200 years, highlighting their unique contribution to European capitalism. Contrary to Alfred Chandler and David Landes' claims of dysfunction, Harold James shows these steel and engineering firms' success in managing risk during upheaval. He emphasizes the significant roles of women executives and the transition from industrial to information-age technologies. "Family Capitalism" explores how these firms navigated political, military, economic, and social changes, showcasing a distinct European model of "relationship capitalism."
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2006
Family Reins: The Extraordinary Rise and Epic Fall of an American Dynasty by
Anheuser-Busch heir, Billy Busch, reveals his family's story for the first time. It's a tale of rags-to-riches with iconic beer, Clydesdales, and immense wealth. Yet, the dream turns sour. Family and business blur, leading to power struggles, scandals, and a dark side to the American dream.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023
Krupp : A History of the Legendary German Firm by
This book by Harold James chronicles the history of Krupp, a steel and arms maker that epitomized modern Germany's best and worst traits. Founded in 1811, Krupp grew into a major global company by the late 19th century. Known for its loyalty to workers and rejection of profit-focused principles, it also played a key role in arming Nazi Germany, leading to its head's war crime conviction at Nuremberg. Post-war, Krupp rebuilt itself as a symbol of a successful, socially responsible Germany. James offers a balanced account, exploring Krupp's ambivalence toward its military ties and its entanglement in German politics.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2012
The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination by
"The LEGO Story" offers a definitive history of LEGO, based on unique access to the company's archives and interviews with the founding family. Former President Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, grandson of founder Ole Kirk Christiansen, shares how LEGO grew from a small carpentry business into a global brand. Each year, millions of children and adults enjoy LEGO's versatile bricks, which symbolize the importance of play. This cultural history explores changing views of childhood and innovation, and is richly illustrated with rare photos. It's essential reading for LEGO fans, revealing everything about the beloved brand.
Location: Pardee Library stacks: HD9993.T694 L442513 2022Publication Date: 2022
Peppermint Kings: A Rural American History by
This history explores nineteenth-century agrarian life through three families central to the peppermint oil industry. Historian Dan Allosso presents their engaging stories, offering insights into rural perspectives and concerns. The Ranneys were secular in a religious era, the Hotchkisses ran banks and printed money despite state banking restrictions, and the Todds combined business with populist socialism. These families' unconventional attitudes and activities provide fresh perspectives on rural America's engagement with the capitalist marketplace, challenging standard paradigms.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2020
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by
"Shoe Dog" by Nike's Phil Knight offers a candid and insightful memoir of his journey from borrowing $50 to creating a global icon. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Knight began selling Japanese athletic shoes from his car, grossing $8,000 in the first year. Today, Nike's annual sales exceed $30 billion. Knight shares his story for the first time, detailing risks, setbacks, early triumphs, and the close-knit team that built the brand. Rich with lessons on building from scratch and overcoming adversity, this memoir provides a refreshingly honest look at the path to business success.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2016
Tata: The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism by
This eye-opening portrait of global capitalism spans 150 years through the history of the Tata corporation. Founded by a Parsi family from Gujarat, Tata started in cotton and opium trades and grew into a multinational giant producing everything from salt to software. Over its history, Tata spun textiles, forged steel, generated hydroelectric power, and expanded globally, including acquiring Jaguar Land Rover. The company faced challenges from workers' rights movements and political leaders. Today, Tata is a key player in the global economy, selling diverse products and operating philanthropic institutions. This history offers lessons for the future of global capitalism.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
We Are Market Basket: The Story of the Unlikely Grassroots Movement That Saved a Beloved Business by
This book tells the story of a beloved New England supermarket CEO ousted by his cousin. Employees, customers, and even politicians rallied for his return, highlighting the unique company culture he fostered. The book explores how a CEO's leadership can inspire such loyalty and questions if prioritizing stakeholders leads to success.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2015
Women in Family Business Leadership Roles: Daughters on the Stage by
Mary Barrett and Ken Moores explore women in family business through thirteen international cases, revealing how women achieved or struggled to attain leadership. Avoiding essentialist views, the book examines women's roles in the conservative environment of family business, highlighting entrepreneurship, innovation, and continuity. "Women in Family Business Leadership Roles" analyzes patterns of success and failure, considering gender and other factors. This insightful resource helps women and families understand family business dynamics, and is essential for business owners, managers, students, and scholars of entrepreneurship, family business, and management.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2009
An Alternative Approach to Family Business: A Theory of Socio-Material Weaving by
This innovative book proposes a new theory of socio-material weaving to study family business, dissolving it into activities comprising human interactions and materials. Building on hermeneutic phenomenology, Mona Ericson shifts focus from traditional concepts to emphasize human entwinement with activities and materials. Through five unique stories, the book explores the intertwinement of family business activities with buildings and land. Challenging systems-oriented research, it offers a fresh perspective on family business. Essential reading for scholars, researchers, and graduate students, it also provides practical insights for practitioners on managing family business activities.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
Entrepreneurship and Family Business by
Volume 12 explores entrepreneurship in family businesses, addressing issues that enhance entrepreneurial spirit in these firms. It covers the emergence and growth of family businesses, maintaining entrepreneurship across generations, and the role of family in corporate entrepreneurship. Topics include entrepreneurial policies, varying entrepreneurial intensity, decision-making, strategic renewal, resource allocation, and the impact of entrepreneurial traits across generations.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2010
Family Business: Elgar Research Reviews in Business by
This insightful collection conveniently presents the most influential and frequently cited family business research articles. 'Must quote' papers on a broad range of topics, as well as a variety of methods are included and serve as a model for forthcoming work and a foundation for future theory. Complemented by the authors' comprehensive introduction, this volume is an essential reference tool for seasoned researchers, new students and those who work with family businesses.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2008
Family Firms and Local Roots: Implications on Economic Performance and Corporate Social Responsibility by
This book explores family firms' strong ties to their home territories through an interdisciplinary approach. It examines how local bonds shape decision-making, economic performance, and corporate social responsibility. The book discusses the origins and development of these connections and their influence on firm outcomes, offering an integrated framework linking family firms and local contexts. It provides new empirical evidence valuable to scholars, managers, and policymakers, highlighting the impact of local roots on entrepreneurial families' behavior.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023
Field Guide to Family Business Research by
The Field Guide to Family Business Research is a concise guide addressing the unique challenges of family business research. For both new and experienced scholars, it provides essential guidelines and best practices. The book is divided into three parts, covering general, qualitative, and quantitative challenges. It examines key issues such as making a unique contribution to literature, aligning theory and hypothesis, and employing proper methodologies. This guide enhances understanding of family business research and is valuable for researchers, students in various fields, and practitioners.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023
Handbook of Research on Family Business by
The *Handbook of Research on Family Business* provides a thorough overview of family business theory and practice, offering a scholarly review of current thinking in this multidisciplinary field. It covers recent advances in theory, empirical rigor, survey instruments, and analysis tools. Topics include family firms' socio-economic roles, operational issues, historical development, methodologies, and challenges to traditional economic views. Featuring contributions from leading researchers, this Handbook is an invaluable reference for students, academics, and practitioners in the family business field.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2006
The Palgrave Handbook of Heterogeneity among Family Firms by
This handbook is a definitive source on the differences among family firms, exploring various strategies and behaviors influenced by family involvement. It examines governance, financial and non-financial objectives, innovation, competitive dynamics, internationalization, and HR management. The handbook features work from leading global family business researchers, providing a unique and comprehensive perspective. Each chapter offers future research directions, promoting further interdisciplinary studies. This resource is essential for researchers, educators, and practitioners looking to advance their understanding of family firm heterogeneity and expand the current literature.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2018
The Relationship of Leadership and Innovation in Family Businesses by
Swen Nadkarni delivers a systematic review of the literature on factors of leadership, composed of management, ownership and generation, and their influence on innovation in family businesses. For this purpose, he conducts an exhaustive systematic review process to analyze 66 relevant publications from 1997 to 2016. This study contributes to research by comprehensively collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing a large body of literature and knowledge on the relationship of leadership and innovation in family businesses.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2016
A Research Agenda for Family Business: A Way Ahead for the Field by
Elgar Research Agendas outline future research directions, allowing leading scholars to explore subjects provocatively and map potential paths. This Research Agenda addresses the key question: What will be important for family businesses over the next decade? Top international contributors use a multidisciplinary approach to explore theories, methods, and topics. Chapters cover new family trends, entrepreneurial legacy, board diversity, spatial-familiness, corruption, innovation, and digital transformation. This book is valuable for scholars in family business, entrepreneurship, strategy, HR, organizational behavior, and corporate governance, as well as practitioners navigating family business challenges.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2020
Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Family Firms by
This comprehensive Research Handbook explores how family businesses leverage entrepreneurship and innovation to address global challenges and ensure multi-generational growth. Featuring insights from international scholars, it examines various national contexts and cultures. Key themes include theoretical advances, state-of-the-art research, and new methods in entrepreneurship and innovation in family firms. Covering concepts like internationalization, governance, and resilience, it presents recent research advances. This Handbook is a valuable resource for scholars, students, business leaders, and practitioners in entrepreneurship, family business, organizational innovation, and organization studies.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2023
A Strategic Fit Perspective on Family Firm Performance by
Corinna M. Lindow substantiates, develops, and tests a strategic fit perspective on family firm performance in order to contribute to explaining previous inconclusive findings. In particular, she aims at investigating whether strategic fit determines family firm performance and what role family influence plays. Based on a sample of German family firms, the author indicates that, against expectations, family firms' performance is not driven by strategic fit but through the effective use of family-specific factors such as family business governance and family culture. Further, the results suggest that family influence has important implications for strategy, organizational structure, and the achievement of strategic fit.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2012
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