Family Business Review articles from March 1998

Family Business Review archives from March 1998

EDITORS' NOTES.
March 1, 1998... This first issue of 1998 marks a transition in the field of family business. As the field matures, research is being conducted more on a pace seen in traditional business disciplines. Nearly all of the articles in this issue are based on...

The Trust Catalyst in Family-Owned Businesses.
March 1, 1998... Trust patterns in family-owned businesses are frequently catalyzed by one person. Such individuals are sometimes, but not always, family members who initiate, maintain, and help create higher trust for both the family and the organization....

Important Attributes of Successors in Family Businesses: An Exploratory Study.
March 1, 1998... Respondents from 485 family firms in Canada rated integrity and commitment to the business as the most important attributes of a successor. Results indicated that the older the family business and the longer the respondent's tenure in that...

A Financial Perspective on Structure, Conduct, and Performance in the Family Firm: An Empirical Study.
March 1, 1998... This research, based on agency theory, examined the differences between family businesses with chief financial officers (CFOs) who are family members and those who are not. The principal findings of this research showed that the family...

Development of a Measure of the Characteristics of Family Business.
March 1, 1998... In Australia and, for that matter, globally, family business represents the most significant form of company ownership and is the largest employer group (Department of Industry, Science & Technology, 1995; Lank, 1995). Despite the significance...

Women Entrepreneurs in Romania, Poland, and the United States: Cultural and Family Influences on Strategy and Growth.
March 1, 1998... This study investigated the impact of culture and family on the strategies, opportunities, and barriers to growth for women entrepreneurs from Romania, Poland, and America. The purpose of this research was twofold: to gather information on...

The Hidden Strengths in Family Business: Functional Conflict.
March 1, 1998... Conflict is likely in family businesses. Although some types of conflict are negative and should be minimized, other types are helpful and should be understood and encouraged to improve decisions. Using Fehn's (1997) framework, three types of...

Beer Blast: The Inside Story of the Brewing Industry's Bizarre Battles for Your Money.
March 1, 1998... Beer Blast: The Inside Story of the Brewing Industry's Bizarre Battles for Your Money, by Philip Van Munching. New York: Random House, 1997. 274 pp., $24.00 hardcover. When my wife bought the book Beer Blast: The Inside Story of the...

Beyond Blame: A New Way of Resolving Conflicts in Relationships.
March 1, 1998... Beyond Blame: A New Way of Resolving Conflicts in Relationships, by Jeffrey Kottler. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. 235 pp., $14.00 cloth. Since the dawn of the Age of Aquarius, self-help books have taken their position in the...