This engaging book reveals how and why family relations influence the dynamics of family owned businesses. The author examines the relevance of role and identity to the strategic development and the succession process of family businesses. She explores the individual and organisational...

Noting that family business strategy is oftendismissed as "irrational" because it is generally influenced by familyvalues and relations, the author studies strategy processes in familybusinesses through a multi-rational perspective. Common notions of what is"rational" are based on calculative...