Chapter 1: Images of Reality: Metaphors, Archetypes, Symbols, And Cultures -- Chapter 2: Images in Existing Family Business Theories: Metaphors and Root Metaphors -- Chapter 3: Family Metaphors in Business -- Chapter 4: Visualizing Sustainability: The Visible and The Invisible -- Chapter 5: When...

Some Challenges Encountered in Value Creation and Capture -- Part I Preparation -- Introduction to Systems Research and Systemic Reasoning -- Evolution of a Market of Free Competition: A Symbolic Approach -- Axiomatization of the Resource View: The Firm and Markets -- Evolution of Resources: An...

Dominik Kemsa develops a comprehensive framework to objectively assess a firm’s position with respect to Marketing Excellence (MEXC). Drawing on resource-based theory MEXC is conceptualized as a holistic framework of capabilities, which can be the source of sustained competitive advantage and...

This book addresses the challenges of organizing modern-day institutions, focusing on the management of intangible organizational resources of libraries through both library science and management theory. Highlighting new information requirements, knowledge transfer technologies and changing...

Michael Wustmans liefert anhand von vier Fallstudien praktische Einblicke in die Umsetzung und Weiterentwicklung der Patent Intelligence von technologieorientierten Unternehmen, denen unterschiedliche Mittel für die Erschließung von Wissen aus Patentdaten zur Verfügung stehen. Durch die...

Chapter 1: Introduction: Navigating the Strategy and Change Interface Successfully -- Section 1: The Strategy Process -- Chapter 2: Introduction: The Strategy Process -- Chapter 3: A social context view of strategic cognition: Strategists are highly emotional and interactive Homo sapiens! --...

PART I: Family firm-specific views and internationalization -- Chapter 1: Internationalization Decisions in Family Firms: The Impact of Bifurcation Bias; Kano, L., Verbeke, A., & Johnston, A -- Chapter 2: Internationalisation and Family Involvement: A Stewardship Approach in the Hotel Industry;...

1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical background: Family Firms -- 3. Family Influence and Organizational Performance -- 4. Research Hypotheses -- 5. Research Design -- 6. Methods -- 7. Analysis and Discussion of Results -- 8. Conclusions, Contributions and Recommendations to Practitioners.

1. Introduction: Dynastic Business Families and the “Big Family Management” Research Project -- 2. The Dynastic Business Family as Family, Organisation, and Network -- 3. Six Key Issues and Challenges in Managing Dynastic Business Families -- 4. Committee Structure and Participation...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: History -- Chapter 3: Europe -- Chapter 4: The Americas -- Chapter 5: India & Asia -- Chapter 6: Family Office Investing -- Chapter 7:Governance, Succession and Fraud -- Chapter 8: Philanthropy -- Chapter 9: Patronage, Collecting & New Frontiers -- Chapter...