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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Family Firm"”.
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Essays on Hedge Fund Activism and Family Firm
… has two essays covering hedge fund activism and family firm. In the first essay of my dissertation, I investigate how hedge fund activism reengineer corporate culture of targeted firms. By using culture measures based on the Q&A section of earnings conference calls, I find that target firms …
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Tracking strategy in a family firm : a case study
Family firms represent the most prevalent form of business in both Canada and the United States. It is estimated that over 90% of all business in North America are family-owned and operated. Due to their importance, several issues have been the subject of research including succession and conflict. …
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The (family) firm : representation and power in the British royal family
… conceptualise the monarchy as a corporation: The Firm. I unpack The Firm’s labour relations, wealth, assets, operational tactics and legal status in order to expose the mechanics and technologies involved “behind the scenes”. Further, I contend that The Firm’s corporate power is disguised through …
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Accounting from the Perspective of Regulatory History, Private Standard Setting and Family Firm Research
… financial accounting and reporting research on family firms. After a brief introduction in chapter 1, chapter 2 explores the impact of accounting internationalisation on the contracting-oriented German accounting system. Accounting plays a distinct role in a firm’s governance system and has …
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FAMILY FIRM INNOVATION: THE ROLE OF LEADER DARK TRIAD PERSONALITY AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL WEALTH IMPORTANCE
<p>Family firms, like other businesses, must innovate to remain relevant in the marketplace. Consequently, in recent years, the topic of family firm innovation has received increased attention from scholars and professionals alike. However, although the field has made substantial progress in …
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Role Reversal: Exploring the M&A Process When the Family Firm is the Acquirer
… (M&A) are a popular strategy to grow a firm. The prevalent view is that large, publicly traded non-family firms acquire much smaller, usually privately held firms, many of which are family owned. This view neglects, however, that family firms also utilize M&A to grow. Moreover, the vast …
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Capital Structure in the Family Firm: Exploring the Relationship Between Financial Sources and Family Dynamics
… Additionally, one or more members of a single family typically own the majority of private companies, and unlike public companies, family dynamics influence these firms’ non-financial and financial goals and strategic decisions. This overlap of family dynamics into the business arena …
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Sins of the parents: how parenting style affects successors and key family firm outcomes after succession
… next generation is a defining characteristic of family firms. Yet, most family-controlled firms fail to transfer control and, when they do, the next generation’s leadership often fails to meet expectations. The succession literature describes characteristics of key actors and relationships that …
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Toward a process model of resource orchestration : social capital and qualitative study in family firm innovation
This thesis explores how firms and organisational actors implement the resource orchestration process. Resources are deemed drivers of value creation and interest is growing in the actions that executives take to manage resources. However, empirical research in this area is limited to the analysis …
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Family Firm Sustainability: An Ethnographic Study of Change and Adaptation in the Traditional Batik Industry in Lasem, Indonesia
There is growing attention to the role of family firms in the global economy. In Indonesia, the family firm model is dominant, enhancing people’s lives through job creation, such as in Lasem’s traditional batik industry which is very labour intensive. The batik firms demonstrate the ability to …
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The inner life of a born-global family firm: the nexus between internationalisation, social capital and organisational change
… evolution of social capital within a born-global family firm (FF) in the agricultural sector, focusing on how social capital develops and transforms throughout international expansion and organisational change. Conducting a longitudinal study of APV, an Austrian manufacturer of agricultural …
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Managing Family Firm Survivability and Continuity Dynamics. A Comparison of UK-based Punjabi First- and Second-Generation Family Firms.
… at exploring the idiosyncratic elements of a family business (FB hereafter) and its impact on survivability and continuity dynamics in Punjabi-Indian family firms. In order to analyse these elements, family relationships were examined. Understanding the nature of family dynamics in ethnic …
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An exploration of familiness through a Bourdieusian mixed methods study of innovation in SME manufacturing firms in the United Kingdom
… nature of familiness within SME manufacturing family firms in the United Kingdom. The study aims to provide a definitive answer to whether familiness exists in this sphere, explores the nature of familiness and concludes with recommendations for improving the business performance of family …
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Corporate governance mechanism and family influence impact on tax avoidance behaviours of UK family firms
… between corporate governance mechanisms, family influence, and tax avoidance behaviours in UK family firms. Drawing on agency theory and socio-emotional wealth perspectives, the study addresses critical gaps in understanding how corporate governance mechanisms’ influence on tax avoidance …
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Family business efficacy and the role of dynamic capabilities: a social cognitive approach
Family businesses represent the most dominant form of business structure across all economies. While confronting the same challenges as non-family firms and requiring high-level competitiveness and responsiveness, their survival and performance is also subject to unique problems and advantages. The …
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Evaluating the impact of preferential markets on Eswatini SME economy
… variables were capital intensity, size of firm, qualification of directors, age of directors, proportion of revenue obtained from PTA, and dummy variables being technology, networking, capacity building, external financing, family firm, and tax. Qualitative data on the one hand was gathered …
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Built to Last: Exploring Family Strategy in Dynastic Business Families
<p>Dynasties entwine family and fortune. They are organizational longevity outliers. Society offers a conflicting view of dynasties. On one hand, dynasties are associated with conflict, divisiveness, conspicuous consumption, and entitlement. On the other hand, dynastic business families employ …
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Scotts of Greenock: shipbuilders and engineers, 1820-1920; a family enterprise
… on wood and sail, one dominated by small scale family and partnership enterprises typical of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The Scotts grew out of this milieu, their family firm dating from 1711, and their survival from that date to the 1980s, marking them out as the longest …
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Political liberalism, social pluralism and group conflict
… the same social weight they assign to a person's family, firm, neighborhood and other associations. Political liberals also distinguish encompassing groups, such as language-nations or factory-towns, whose members primarily live, work and socialize with their own group, from other groups, whose …
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