<DIV>The family firm is the predominant form of private business in industrial capitalism. This study analyses the entrepreneurial strategies of six Dutch family firms in the period between 1880 until 1970. The in-depth case studies reconstruct the succession.

This article deals with three forms of cooperation in business: business interest associations, cartels, and mergers and acquisitions. It makes clear that these different cooperative practices are often mutually connected and even appear in a certain sequence. A historical evolution of...