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Agency theory is one of the principal frameworks utilized in explaining the family business phenomena. The objectives … advantages for family firms in highly competitive environments. This agency trade-off provides a link between agency theory and …
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, we distill a series of research questions that will guide the ongoing development of our Theory of Family Business …
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of the relevance of the theory and analysis to developing economies. …
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factors. Interestingly, our finding with respect to capabilities suggests that this intangible resource might not be the … ?ultimate? source of sustainable competitive advantage, contrary to theory. …
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performance of US public firms. In addition, both the knowledge capabilities of the firms and the knowledge profiles of the open … source projects they sponsor matter for performance. In terms of firm knowledge capabilities, internet service firms perform … better than other firms owing to their advantageous complementary capabilities. Also, strong knowledge exploitation …
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Europe (CEE), the capabilities underlying their expansion into international markets have received very little attention in … CEE countries, we examine the impact of different capabilities on the level of internationalization. The results indicate … that low-cost manufacturing capabilities and pro-active managerial orientation towards international operations are …
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In this research, we compare firms' capacity to react to emerging opportunities and threats (strategic flexibility) by assessing strategic initiatives (i.e., strategic planning) in a study of family and non-family firms. We link these behaviours to measures of firm performance. In a study of 360...
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This dissertation advances a sociological view of the stock exchange market. I examine how multiple institutional logics – profession-based logic at the global level and corporate governance-based logic at the national level – influence analysts’ coverage and ratings for family-dominated...
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In an earlier study (Moores & Barrett 2002) we found successful CEOs had learned leadership of family controlled businesses (FCBs) in a series of distinct learning phases. Because that study's sample did not include many women, our present study focuses on women in FCBs to better understand how...
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The family-business literature has thus far not devoted much attention to understanding female vantage points in family firms. A few small-scale studies, notably Poza and Messer (2001) and Curimbaba (2002), describe the varying roles that women adopt, but without explaining why they adopt such...
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