transitions framework and highlights the need for continuing professional attention to be given to strengthening family links as …

Goal structures in family firms seems of particular interest to the field as the overall orientation and the objectives … of family firms are determined in an area of potential conflict between the two subsystems of firm and family. We asked … shareholders of German family firms to rate the importance of certain goals in the organization's management. By doing a principal …

Identifies strategies that would help familiesincrease both business and family success. Data from the 1997 National … interview. Findings indicate that, contrary to business theory assumptions, the effectof the family on business ventures is … large. The most important finding is thatthe success of the business depended on family processes and how the …

employees' work and family situations.Results of previous research on organizational factors influencing work … and family issues in smallbusinesses, the Center for Work and Family at Boston College conducted theNational Study of … identify as their most important humanresource priority; (2) how often work and family issues arise among employeesof small …

Based on interviews with 43 individuals fromBusiness Review Weekly's 'Rich 200' list of Australia's largestfortune …-holders, this study sheds light on the roles of family relationships inwealth accumulation, succession, and inheritance. Despite the … decline of familycontrol in the largest companies around the world, the role of the family incapitalist enterprises continues …

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 firm's divestment decisions can be examined.Background information … collectivist cultures. The structure of the family can also be quite influential when considering the speed of divestment decisions …

conflict in family firms.The model developed adds to understanding of conflict, including the issues raised by the overlap of … control and management, and the presence of family members of different generations.A balanced, inter- and intra … also shows how control concentration (i.e., management) affects conflict. Altruism is introduced to explain why some family …

are discussed: the business owner's person-role conflict and thelevel of spousal involvement in family decision …. These include the spouse'sfinancial, human capital, and time resources, instrumental and emotionalsupport behaviors, family …

derive a family of asymptotic expansions for the transition density of the underlying as well as for European-style option …

Do family firms benefit more from a regional or a global geographic scope? We suggest it depends on their family … leadership type – family vs non-family leadership. We offer a nuanced view of agency and stewardship theories to hypothesize that … family leaders are most beneficial when pursuing a regional strategy (i.e., high home-region focus (HRF)), whereas non-family …