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The Organizational Form of Family Business

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Authors:
  1. Stefan P. Bornheim

    1. University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Stefan P. Bornheim
    Pages 1-10

  3. Literature Review

    • Stefan P. Bornheim
    Pages 11-66

  4. Methodology

    • Stefan P. Bornheim
    Pages 67-87

  5. Results

    • Stefan P. Bornheim
    Pages 89-143

  6. Discussion

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    Pages 145-168

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 169-186
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The Organizational Form of Family Business attempts to develop an evolutionary family business theory, positioning family businesses as a distinct organizational form (based on conjectures from organizational ecology). An open and uninhibited playing field - achieved through utilizing a grounded theory methodology - heightens chances for observing precisely how family businesses behave.
An introductory chapter is followed by a literature review, beginning with a review of family business research. This is followed by a discussion of family business definitional issues, and accompanied by some data to show the economic importance of family business.
There follows a review of the research literature on grounded theory, its developments, and its epistemological and ontological assumptions in the light of contemporary philosophy of science. A literature review and historical outline of organizational ecology including the theoretical achievements is provided. Also, the comparison with the other main organizational theories, justifying the theory selection, is offered.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Stefan P. Bornheim

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Organizational Form of Family Business

  • Authors: Stefan P. Bornheim

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4343-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7939-3Published: 31 October 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6951-6Published: 16 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-4343-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 186

  • Topics: Management

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