Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …

, between the current leader of a family business and the prospective future leader when one is the parent and the other, a next …-generation offspring. In light of previous literature that identified seven personal characteristics of the family business leader that …

ihrer Kinder abmildert. … gain from temporal work flexibility on parental time with children. Flexitime arrangements allow mothers to spend 30 …

costs of the most common economic dependents in households: children. The monetary costs of children are estimated at about … costs suggests that children's "full costs" are about twice monetary costs alone; with household resources fixed, the … average, combined expenditure and time impact of children is very similar to adding an equivalent number of adults. …

family. Examplesinclude the earned income tax credit (EITC) program in the USA,1the child tax credit (CTC) and working tax …Over the last decade a number of countries, notably the USA, theUK and Australia, have introduced new tax and welfare … credit (WTC) programsin the UK, and the Family Tax Benefit (FTB) system in Australia.Since the second earner is typically the …

maternal working time. The third paper explores how early differences in age and development influence children's probability …

inversely related to the economic status of the family, but the measure of economic status used has not always been the same. In …

be applied in the family business context. In this article we add familiness to the four BSC perspectives (financial … succession planning in family-owned businesses. We use an action research project to highlight how family businesses can … professionalize their management by the adoption of a BSC strategy map that includes a family business focus and links the core …