Examines the cooperation tendencies and capabilities in family businesses so as to allow future comparison of the progress made by family businesses with empirical data.In this study, the definition of cooperation is the coordinated behavior between agents that results in benefits not...

The objective of this article is to formulate hypotheses as to cooperation tendencies and capabilities in family businesses. As a first step, the circumstances under which intercompany cooperation arrangements originate are presented on the basis of an analysis of the relevant literature. Then,...