We develop an integrative conceptualization of how firms set and alter strategic goals, incorporating insights from goal-setting literatures across the disciplines of marketing, management, and psychology. Our framework accounts for the internal and external forces that impact the content of a...

Charakterisierung von Familienunternehmen -- Identifikation von Determinanten der Finanzierung in Familienunternehmen -- Hypothesenbildung zum Einfluss der Determinanten auf die Finanzierung -- Empirische Analyse zum Einfluss der Determinanten auf die Finanzierung -- Schlussbetrachtung.

Purpose – To examine differences between family and non-family SMEs in business goals, management practices and performance as they grow. Design/methodology/approach – The study was based on 233 small non-family and 362 small family firms. Medium firms comprised 305 family and 341 non-family...

It indeed is not a world per se but the world perceived that matters. Barriers to entrepreneurship in common perception lie in the non availability of external help, be it finance, technological know-how, industrial space, access to inputs and market assistance. What if there is free transfer of...

The relationship between sales growth and wealth creation is investigated using the resource-based view of firm strategy to test the "Resource Balance Proposition." This proposition argues that a growth-based firm must strike a balance in its resource allocation between resources intended to...