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Editor's Notes
Dec 01, 2008; ... I am deeply honored and grateful to have served as editor of Family Business Review for die past 13 years. Having been involved with the Family Firm Institute since its inception and the journal as well, I have been witness to die tremendous growth in the field, academically and popularly. Many ...
Who Could Best Complement a Team of Family Business Researchers-Scholars Down the Hall or in Another Building?
Dec 01, 2008; ... This study explores which fields might potentially collaborate in family business research. It compares 14 research fields for their structure of topical attention. The most convenient collaborations, such as those between entrepreneurship, family business, and strategy researchers, prove to be ...
The Impact of Family Control on the Performance and Financial Characteristics of Family Versus Nonfamily Businesses in Japan: A Matched-Pair Investigation
Dec 01, 2008; ... Research on family businesses has undergone rapid development in the past two decades. Broadly speaking, such companies perform better than nonfamily businesses, as recent investigations in Japan support. To obtain a more precise result, this research has applied to the Japanese context a ...
Pruning the Family Tree: An Unexplored Path to Family Business Continuity and Family Harmony
Dec 01, 2008; ... It is assumed that over the generations family businesses inevitably face greater family complexity. The increasing family complexity can have repercussions for the family and the business. To counteract these negative effects of an increase in family complexity, it has been recommended that ...
Family Involvement in Ownership and Management: Exploring Nonlinear Effects on Performance
Dec 01, 2008; ... Research on the performance of family firms is growing, but results are mixed, especially for nonlisted companies. Thus, on the basis of the co-presence of benefits and disadvantages of family involvement in ownership and management, we explored the presence of nonlinear effects of these two ...