Strategic decisions are important because they influence the strategic direction, competitive positioning and performance of firms. However, these decisions are difficult to research, especially in family firms, as their top managers are even less forthcoming than those of their non-family...

This article looks at a selection of significant episodes in the history of organizational and management research, and the policies in this field of the UK Social Science Research Council. The episodes begin in the Council's early days in the mid-1960s, and run through its high-profile efforts...