Family Business Review articles from March 1999

Family Business Review archives from March 1999

EDITORS' NOTES.
March 1, 1999... As 1999 began we were delighted to learn that the Family Firm Institute's board decided to reappoint Joe Astrachan as editor of Family Business Review for another three year term. This was in large part made possible by the generosity of Tim...

A Resource-Based Framework for Assessing the Strategic Advantages of Family Finns.
March 1, 1999... The Resource-Based View (RBV) of competitive advantage provides a theoretical framework from the field of strategic management for assessing the competitive advantages of family firms. The RBV isolates idiosyncratic resources that are...

Strategic Orientation: Differences between Family and Nonfamily Firms.
March 1, 1999... The limited research that examines the relationship between ownership structure (family business status) and strategy has provided conflicting results. In this paper we empirically examined that relationship and found that some differences...

The Family Factor: The Impact of Family Relationship Dynamics on Business-Owning Families during Transitions.
March 1, 1999... This paper presents preliminary findings from three longitudinal case studies forming part of ongoing doctoral research into the activities and dynamics of business-owning families as they address the tasks and issues required during their...

What Can the Family Contribute to Business? Examining Contractual Relationships.
March 1, 1999... The degree to which the family dominates as a form of business organization depends in part on whether a business's operations favor the implicit informal personal relationships of families or the explicit, formal, impersonal contractual...

Sources of Capital for Small Family-Owned Businesses: Evidence from the National Survey of Small Business Finances.
March 1, 1999... Securing adequate capital is an ongoing challenge for many small family-owned businesses. This article uses data from the 1993 National Survey of Small Business Finances to determine the extent to which small family-owned firms use various...

Filling Big Shoes at the Carlson Companies: Interviews with Curt Carlson and Marilyn Carlson Nelson.
March 1, 1999... Curtis L. Carlson is one of America entrepreneurial icons, having launched the Carlson Companies with an innovative idea--trading stamps, or, as the industry is known today, loyalty marketing. His successful Gold Bond Stamp Company became the...

Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family.
March 1, 1999... Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family, by James E. Hughes Jr. New Jersey: NetWrx, 1997. 144 pp., $25.00 paper. Introduction In writing this small, thoughtful book, lawyer James Hughes has provided both advisors and family members...

The Family Business--Its Governance for Sustainability.
March 1, 1999... The Family Business--Its Governance for Sustainability by Fred Neubauer and Alden G. Lank. London: Macmillan Press, 1998. 270 pp., $50.00 hardcover. The authors of this book are both professors at the International Institute of...