Family Business Review articles from September 2000

Family Business Review archives from September 2000

EDITORS' NOTES.(family businesses; Germany; Middle East)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
September 1, 2000... The years following World War II gave witness to one of the most amazing transformations of the global economic power structure in world history. In Europe, Germany lay in ruins, its industry shattered by war and its territory divided by the...

Family Businesses in Germany: Significance and Structure.(contains bibliography)(Industry Overview)
September 1, 2000... This paper shows the relevance of family businesses to the German economy and their structure with respect to ownership, governance, and management. The data show that ownership, rather than governance or management, is the key to...

The Contribution of Leadership Style and Practices to Family and Business Success.(contains bibliography)(Industry Overview)
September 1, 2000... Based on Dyer's (1986) study of family business cultures, this study derives five approaches to leadership: participative, autocratic, laissez-faire/mission, expert, and referent. It argues that participative, expert, and referent leadership...

Financial Management Techniques in Family Businesses.(contains bibliography)(Industry Overview)
September 1, 2000... This paper explores financial management techniques of family businesses. We surveyed family businesses to understand the extent to which they use capital budgeting techniques, risk adjustment techniques, and working capital management...

Challenges Facing Family Companies in the Gulf Region.(contains bibliography)(Industry Overview)
September 1, 2000... Introduction In the 21st century, family businesses in all areas of the world face significant challenges and plentiful opportunities. The growth and survival of family firms depends on their ability to address these challenges, capitalize...

Family Business and Family Change: Individual Autonomy, Democratization, and the New Family Business Institutions.(contains bibliography)(Industry Overview)
September 1, 2000... The renewed attention to family business in western societies is usually attributed to a past lack of attention to the subject because of its private character and to the resurgence of family business in the context of economic restructuring....

Entrepreneurial Orientation and Family Forces in the New Germany: Similarities and Differences Between East and West German Entrepreneurs.(contains bibliography)(Industry Overview)
September 1, 2000... The new Germany provides a once-in-a-lifetime living laboratory in which to explore entrepreneurship and family business. On one hand, established West German family-led firms are responding to generational change and the need for new...

The House of Kanoo: A Century of an Arabian Family Business.(contains bibliography)(Review)
September 1, 2000... The House of Kanoo: A Century of an Arabian Family Business, by Khalid M. Kanoo. London: The London Centre of Arab Studies, 1997. 323 pp., $39.50, hardcover. The title of this book is easily misleading -- this is not just another history...