condition for institutionalization of accounted “facts”. Therefore, we establish the importance of “translation” effects in the …

In this article we highlight the role played by widows in French Family businesses. We take a historical point of view … in order to highlight the significance of our topic. We show the role of French family law in enabling widows to become … entrepreneurs. Then we relate the life of the wife of a company owner, in a French family business created at the beginning of the …

without family involvement, - Then, the frequency of the exchanges within the organization: the processes of exchange of piece … development within the small and medium sized family firm. Due to its founding characteristics, family SME seems to be a closed …, within this entity are justified by:- First, the overlapping of "family" and "company" spheres: the family sphere realizes a …

them for the family business. Due to its specificities, this entity shows a particular behaviour as for the creation … the identification of the specific resources of the family firm. But, more than specific resources and capacities, the … family firm mobilizes a collective tacit knowledge needed to integrate, coordinate and mobilize effectively its resources …

This paper aims to contribute to the new stream of literature dealing with knowledge in family firms by analyzing the … the specificity of family firms as for double-loop learning, knowledge sharing, knowledge tacitness and emergence of …