A Case Study: Blood in the butchery!
This issue gives us a “blog from the board” by FFI board member Ricardo Mejía as well as a case study entitled “Blood from the Butchery” for your review, considering and commentary.
The 500 Largest Family Firms in the World
This week’s issue is an article on several key, and often surprising results, from the “Global Family Business Index,” compiled by the University of St. Gallen and EY Global Center for Family Business Excellence.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for the Practitioner
Continuing our quarterly series of “Research Applied,” The Practitioner features précis applicable to practitioners from four articles in the June issue of the Family Business Review.
Sustaining the Family Business with Minimal Financial Rewards: How do family farms continue?
Despite tending to generate less than average returns on investment, almost a third of family farm businesses in the UK have operated in the same area for more than 100 years.
Family Social Capital, Trust within the TMT, and the Establishment of Corporate Goals Related to Nonfamily Stakeholders
The authors conducted a study to analyze how structural and cognitive family social capital influences the establishment of corporate goals related to nonfamily stakeholders (EGNFS) in family firms.
Implications of Family Business Employment for Employees’ Innovative Work Involvement
In this paper, the authors shed light on the likelihood that being employed in a family business is conducive to employees’ innovative work involvement.
The Effect of Organizational Characteristics on the Appointment of Non-Family Managers in Private Family Firms: The moderating role of socioemotional wealth
Research Applied précis prepared by John L. Ward, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University When and why do family firms hire, or not hire, non-family executives?
Key Diagnostic Parameters for Family Enterprise Functionality
Another contribution from the FFI Fellows, this article by Andrew Hier identifies concrete variables that most impact the functionality of a family enterprise or any sub-part to a family enterprise.