The Organizational Form of Family Business
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 31, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780792379393
Subjects: Business strategy; Small businesses & self-employed; Mathematical Models In Economics; Family-owned business enterpri; Special Business Operations; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Management - General; Business/Economics; Infrastructure; Family-owned business enterprises; Business & Economics / Infrastructure; Business & Economics / Management; Business & Economics : Management - General; Economics - General; General; Econometric models; European Union countries
First sentence: The purpose of this chapter is a) to introduce the concepts of family business (section 1.1), grounded theory (section 1.2), and organizational ecology (section 1.3); b) to explain how grounded theory will be used to develop an evolutionary theory of family business based on organizational ecology (section 1.4); and c) to provide a bridge to chapter two's in-depth review of the developments and uses of those concepts (section 1.5).