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Examining employment relationship activities in family business research
Holly Ferraro, Jennifer MarroneThe purpose of this paper is to examine the family business literature on human resource management (HRM) activities within family-owned businesses to advance theory and practice.
Brand management research in family firms: A structured review and suggestions for further research
Susanne BeckThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the relevance of conducting brand management research in a family firm context and to identify future research directions by reviewing…
Innovation and family firms: ability and willingness and German SMEs
Jonas Heinrich Steeger, Malte HoffmannResearch disputes whether family businesses are more or less innovative than their nonfamily counterparts. So far, no consistent results have been achieved. The recently…
Accountants’ role in the management of succession: empirical evidence from Italy
Francesca Maria Cesaroni, Annalisa SentutiThe purpose of the this paper is to understand what is the approach adopted by accountants when they provide advisory services to family businesses (FBs) involved in a succession…
The internationalization of family-firms: a signal detection approach
Giacomo Laffranchini, John S. Hadjimarcou, Si Hyun Kim, Mike BraunThe purpose of this paper is to explore the internationalization process of small and medium family-owned businesses (FOBs). The authors strive to explain the extent to which…
Gendered time in Swedish family farming: Operationalising an agrarian typology using the Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network
Elias Andersson, Peter LundqvistThe agricultural sector has undergone extensive changes in the 20-30 years since the peak academic debate on family farming. Still today, the understanding and concept of family…
Do family-managed and non-family-managed firms internationalize differently?
Ilan Avrichir, Raquel Meneses, Agnaldo Antonio dos SantosAlthough the concepts of family business, internationalization, and agency theory have received some attention in the relevant literature, these concepts and theories have been…
Keeping it in the family: family, priorities and succession in Scottish landed estates
Sofia di Belmonte, Claire Seaman, Richard BentThe purpose of this paper is to consider multigenerational landed estates in Scotland from a family business perspective. The strategic vision for the business is considered here…
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2043-6238Online date, start – end:
2011Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Associate Professor Vanessa Ratten