While studies of entrepreneurship and family business have to a great extent developed independently, there are some indications that they are now moving closer to each other. The purpose of this special issue is to contribute to an increased scholarly interest in research that integrates the...

By combining literature on dialogues and strategy as practice, the purpose of this paper is to explore the role of family business owners’ strategic dialogues. Relying on a case study approach we follow the strategic dialogue in two family firms over a period of four years. Our results lead to...

Family firms represent the most common form of business organization in most countries. This is, however, not yet reflected in the amount of strategy research devoted to family firms. In this article we suggest that the strategy as practice perspective - applied by an increasing number of...

The analysis of practitioners' narratives in four industries--cables and wires, paint, footwear chocolate, and sugar confectionery--shows that innovative international strategies drive the dynamics of international competition. The four industry case studies suggest an empirical classification...