The main goal of our research was to examine the importance of transferring tacit and experiential knowledge as well as social capital of founders for innovativeness of the next family generation, i.e. successors in smaller family firms. Data were collected through in-depth case studies,...

Venture capital is an important factor in the development of entrepreneurship and in the establishment of new, knowledge-and-technology-based companies. In transition economies, the intensity of equity investing is far behind the developed market economies, making the EU and individual...

Background: The innovativeness of founders and their heirs and family businesses (FBs) is a relatively unexplored field of research, and its understanding is incomplete and inconsistent. Objectives: The goal is to compare the founders' innovativeness and investigate the relationship of life-long...

Background: The innovativeness of founders and their heirs and family businesses (FBs) is a relatively unexplored field of research, and its understanding is incomplete and inconsistent. Objectives: The goal is to compare the founders' innovativeness and investigate the relationship of life-long...

Die bestehenden Modelle des strategischen und integralen Managements, aber auch die Entwürfe des Entwicklungsmanagements, sind den Merkmalen der kleinen und mittleren Familienunternehmen (Familien-KMU) und den Besonderheiten ihrer Verwaltung und ihrer Führung nicht angepasst. In dem...

Die bestehenden Modelle des strategischen und integralen Managements, aber auch die Entwürfe des Entwicklungsmanagements, sind den Merkmalen der kleinen und mittleren Familienunternehmen (Familien-KMU) und den Besonderheiten ihrer Verwaltung und ihrer Führung nicht angepasst. In dem...

In accordance with the basic developmental goals of EU, expressed in the Lisbon strategy [1], Slovenia is aiming to become competitively successful state. One of the Slovenia’s goals is also to be placed among ten the most successful EU member states. Considering the governmental strategic...

In the contribution we represent how the knowledge on the MER Model of integral management is built in the master's study programs on the case of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Maribor. The MER Model of integral management has been developing at the research Institute...