Family Business Review articles from December 1998

Family Business Review archives from December 1998

EDITOR'S NOTES.
December 1, 1998... The first issue of this two-part series received much praise. Never before have I received so many notes and calls from first-time cover-to-cover readers. I am sure you will find this issue as enlightening and useful. My heartfelt thanks go to...

Current State of Family Business Theory and Practice as Reflected in Family Business Review 1988-1997.
December 1, 1998... Family Business Review (FBR) has made a significant contribution to the development of the field of family business. This article examines the evolution of the field as reflected in FBR since its inception and attempts to create a guide for...

Nepotism: An Interdisciplinary Model.
December 1, 1998... This article presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of nepotism. Nepotism is one of the least-studied and most poorly understood human resource practices, yet its impact on family-owned businesses, which frequently hire family...

Defining and Describing Family Business Ownership Configurations.
December 1, 1998... This paper attempts to further family business research and theory by more thoroughly defining the stages of ownership configuration in family firms. In addition, these definitions are applied to a database of family firms to test the...

Changing the Family Business through Action Research.
December 1, 1998... The qualitative research reported here is part of an ongoing, value-adding relationship between family-owned businesses and two universities: the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and the Family Business...

Ethics in Personal Behavior in Family Business.
December 1, 1998... This article summarizes the initial findings of a research project that explored violations of ethics in Spanish family businesses. The main results indicated that the most frequently perceived ethics violations were delaying succession...

What Is Continuity?
December 1, 1998... This article examines and expands the concept of continuity and asserts that family businesses and consultants retain a unidimensional definition of continuity in which success is attained only when family and business remain together. It...

Defining the New Professional: The Family Business Counselor.
December 1, 1998... After years of development, family business counselors have emerged as multidimensional and holistic advisors serving the needs of families in business. These unique technically trained advisors have expanded their professional boundaries to...

Strategic Questions for University-Based Family Business Programs.
December 1, 1998... Family business programs are popular at universities and will continue to emerge and develop. But sustaining a program is not easy. This article poses strategic questions that are important to leaders of both new and long-standing programs. The...

Building Communities of Learning in Family Business Programs.
December 1, 1998... Community-based family business networks face significant challenges if they are to thrive and develop. They can increase their effectiveness by incorporating the principles and practices of a learning community into their programs. This paper...