Family Business Review articles from September 1999

Family Business Review archives from September 1999

Family Businesses from the Household Perspective.
September 1, 1999... This special issue of 1999 brings to you a collection of articles based on an exciting and innovative approach to family business research known as the "Household Approach." The esteemed group of scholars in this issue sought to study family...

A Research Model of Sustainable Family Businesses.
September 1, 1999... This paper proposes a research model that outlines the determinants of functional families and profitable businesses--requisites for family business sustainability. Two features distinguish the model from previous models: inclusion of the...

The Prevalence of Family Business from a Household Sample.
September 1, 1999... This paper presents U.S. prevalence figures and their relationship to various family business definitions offered in literature to date. The percentage of households that own at least one family business where its owner or manager resides in...

The Intermingling of Business and Family Finances in Family-Owned Businesses.
September 1, 1999... This study uses data from a national survey of 673 business-owning households to assess factors associated with intermingling business and family finances. Logit analysis indicates that the use of family resources in the business is more likely...

Predictors of Family Business Tensions and Goal Achievement.
September 1, 1999... The purpose of this study is to investigate predictors of business tensions and family and business goal achievement within family businesses. Household managers identified higher business tensions and higher goal achievement levels than did...

Exploring the Overlap of Family and Business Demands: Household and Family Business Managers' Adjustment Strategies.
September 1, 1999... This study divided households in which at least one member is involved in managing a family business into two groups: those in which one individual performs two roles, family manager and business manager, and those in which two different...

The Decision to Outsource Child Care in Households Engaged in a Family Business.
September 1, 1999... This research examines whether employment in a family-owned business offers parents of young children more flexibility in balancing work and child care responsibilities than employment in nonfamily business situations. Specifically, the study...