ABSTRACT
It is estimated that family businesses comprise between 60-90 % of all firms in Europe and the United States. This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of small family firms by bringing together a number of key themes in management/organisation studies. Reviewing a range of theoretical approaches, examining key literature and drawing from an international range of primary research, it also points to the future of research in this arena, and indicates how support and policy initiatives may be directed in the future.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |16 pages
Introduction
part |2 pages
Part I A rationality discourse in studies of the small family business
chapter 2|14 pages
Towards an understanding of strategy processes in small family businesses
chapter 3|13 pages
Energising entrepreneurship
part |2 pages
PART II A resource-based discourse in studies of the small family business
chapter 4|14 pages
Work-to-family conflict: a comparison of American and Australian family and non-family business owners KO SMASX . SMYRNIOS, C L AU DIOA . RO MANO, GEO RG E A . TA NEWSKI ,
chapter 5|19 pages
Understanding the emotional dynamics of family enterprises BA R BA R A MURR AY
chapter 6|17 pages
The dynamics of family firms
chapter 8|11 pages
Training and HRM strategies in small family-owned businesses: an empirical overview HAR RY M AT L AY
part |2 pages
Part III A critical discourse in studies of the small family business
