Few quantitative studies and few international studies of family businesses exist.While many studies of family firms have examined the stages of firm growth and the generations present within firms, this study investigates the effects of firm size as measured by the number of employees. Family...

This paper looks into the new opportunities to achieve a higher growth rate in telecom and greater access to the rural areas. The potential for the new opportunities is assessed, both for rural and urban areas, but with accent on rural areas. Many issues in Universal Service Obligation (USO)...

Cycles of creative destruction and of regeneration are necessary for firm success.This examination seeks to understand this process as related to the divestment decision process within family firms.By looking at the influence of both family beliefs and community culture, the speed of a family...