Understanding family businesses: issues for further research

Emerald - 1996
RobGoffee1
1London Business School, London

Tóm tắt

Despite their persistence as an important form of work organization, family businesses remain under‐researched. Identifies four areas for further research: relationships between proprietorship and control; family structures, cultures and life cycles; succession processes; and cross‐national differences. Recommends ethnographic and longitudinal case study methods.

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