The Family Business Research Group (FBRG) attempts toexplore the relationships between family and business activities within familyfirms by using a household sampling frame (rather than the traditional businesssampling frame). The FBRG is a group of researchers located at 16 U.S. land...

Identifies strategies that would help familiesincrease both business and family success. Data from the 1997 National FamilyBusiness Survey were used to gather a nationally representative sample offamily businesses. Using this sample, three types of interviews were conducted:a screen interview to...

Natural disasters are expected to increase in number and severity. This study initiates a stream of research on effective family business strategies to address the threat of natural disasters to long-term survival and growth of family firms. The purpose of this study was to analyze the...

Data from 311 rural and urban family firms from the National Family Business Panel (NFBP) were used to investigate the relative contributions of human, social, and financial capital resources, normative and non-normative disruptions, and federal disaster assistance on family firm resilience....