Business families - families with an established track record in developing businesses - are a key facet of communities. Space, defined here as the freedom to live and develop as you wish is, it is argued, one vital facet in the start-up and development of businesses which family may provide,...

Worldwide, family businesses form the most common type of business and families act as critical platforms for business and enterprise development. This paper draws upon the concept of space to propose a new framework within which family business can be considered. Starting from the proposal that...