Family Business Review articles from December 1999

Family Business Review archives from December 1999

EDITORS' NOTES.
December 1, 1999... As the clock winds down on the millennium, we are able to see that the last 1,000 years represent a slow but steady ascent in civilization. In particular, the last century has witnessed tremendous advances in productivity, the collapse of trade...

Stages and Transitions: Managing Change in the Family Business.
December 1, 1999... The Three-Circle Model and Transitions For the past decade and a half, the three-circle model has been the primary conceptual model of family business. This model views family enterprise as a complex system comprised of three overlapping...

Mentoring in Family Firms: A Reflective Analysis of Senior Executives' Perceptions.
December 1, 1999... This paper reflectively analyzes 76 family business senior executives' perceptions of being personal experiences of being mentored. Although mentoring in family firms is a common recommendation, there is little empirical research supporting its...

In the Founder's Shadow: Conflict in the Family Firm.
December 1, 1999... This paper examines the extent to which conflict across generations of family firms is due to the effects of two independent variables--generation and generational shadow. The presence of a generational shadow was indicated by whether either or...

Conflict Management Strategies Used by Successful Family Businesses.
December 1, 1999... This paper reports the analyses of a survey of 59 family businesses. Findings indicate that in comparison to nonfamily businesses, family businesses have a more complex set of issues to consider when managing conflict. Collaboration,...

Characteristics and Key Success Factors in Family Business: The Case of Korean Immigrant Businesses in Metro-Atlanta.
December 1, 1999... Immigrant businesses in the United States are a vibrant and growing part of the economy, and their similarities and differences to other family businesses in the U.S. are worthy of investigation. This paper examines two elements of Korean...

Is the Cost of Capital Different for Family Firms?
December 1, 1999... It has been suggested that the cost of capital for a family firm depends on, among other things, a "family effect," which deals with the family's relation to its business. Financial theory regarding the cost of capital states that the cost of...

Ownership, Governance, and Management Issues in Small and Medium-Size Family Businesses: A Comparison of Italy and the United States.
December 1, 1999... This research note reports survey results of 252 Italian family firms based on the Mass Mutual framework. The objectives of the survey were to analyze the structure and behavior of Italian small and medium-size family firms and compare them...

Working with Emotional Intelligence.
December 1, 1999... Working with Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman. New York: Bantam Books, 1998. 383 pp., $25.95 hardcover. Daniel Goleman has written two runaway bestsellers. He's the toast of the talk show book circuit and the current guru on how we...

Sustaining the Family Business: An Insider's Guide to Managing Across Generations.
December 1, 1999... Sustaining the Family Business: An Insider's Guide to Managing Across Generations, by Marshall B. Paisner. Reading, Massachusetts, Perseus Books, 1999. 214 pp., $26.00. Introduction Marshall Paisner is a successful entrepreneur and...