http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2006/05/12/the-nature-of-the-family-firm/ Economics of organizations, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and more Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:31:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2006/05/12/the-nature-of-the-family-firm/#comment-13086 sherly Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:22:49 +0000 https://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/2006/05/12/the-nature-of-the-family-firm/#comment-13086 nice to find a family firm article... i want to have more about family firm issue for my thesis.. it is my 1st time to read about it.. so i can't make any comment yet.. nice to find a family firm article…
i want to have more about family firm issue for my thesis..
it is my 1st time to read about it..
so i can’t make any comment yet..

]]> http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2006/05/12/the-nature-of-the-family-firm/#comment-6152 what’s so special about family firms? « orgtheory.net Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:37:42 +0000 https://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/2006/05/12/the-nature-of-the-family-firm/#comment-6152 [...] Personally, the idea that family firms are unique in some way is appealing to me. As someone who believes that our theories have made organizations appear too generic and have tried to erase important distinctions, I think it’s important to look for those core, institutional characteristics that mark the boundaries of various organizational types. But I’m not sure what those characteristics are in family firms. An ASR article by Ingram and Lifschitz takes us in the right direction, I think (see also this post by Teppo and this one by Peter). Still, this seems like a substantive area of organizational research that is still seriously understudied. [...] [...] Personally, the idea that family firms are unique in some way is appealing to me. As someone who believes that our theories have made organizations appear too generic and have tried to erase important distinctions, I think it’s important to look for those core, institutional characteristics that mark the boundaries of various organizational types. But I’m not sure what those characteristics are in family firms. An ASR article by Ingram and Lifschitz takes us in the right direction, I think (see also this post by Teppo and this one by Peter). Still, this seems like a substantive area of organizational research that is still seriously understudied. [...]

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