Re-framing the status of narrative in family business research: Towards an understanding of families in business

Hamilton, Eleanor; Cruz, Allan Discua; Jack, Sarah

doi:10.1016/j.jfbs.2016.11.001

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“…Subsequently, our in-depth, longitudinal, qualitative enquiry generated data from multiple sources, including internal documents, field notes and interviews with female migrant family members (see Table 2). The narratives that emerged from this process demonstrated how gender, culture and migration history interplay with roles within the family and business (Hamilton et al 2016). Table 2 presents information on the participants, their respective family businesses and data collection points.…”

Section: Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business

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Despite increased academic attention paid to migration flows in Europe, the gendered nature of transnational migrant entrepreneurial journeys within the context of a family business remains under‐researched. We address this gap by investigating how transnational spaces allow women to challenge dominant ideas about their roles, and to claim legitimacy by opening branches of their family business abroad. With extensive longitudinal evidence collected over a seven‐year period, we showcase four biographical narratives of women operating transnational family businesses in the UK that had originated in Eastern Europe. Adopting this novel longitudinal approach, we provide insights into how these transnational migrant women entrepreneurs exercise individual agency to overcome structural constraints by developing strategies that prioritize their own business aspirations without fully sacrificing their family ties.

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confidence: 99%

Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business

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“…The main focus of family businesses is aimed at finding additional development resources to ensure sustainable growth in the long term at the moment [14], [15], while Russian family enterprises give insufficient attention to innovative development.…”

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confidence: 99%

Management of Family Business Organizations as Tool of Sustainable Economic Development

Плутова¹,

Kulkova²

2017

Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends of Technologies and Innovations in Economic and Social Studies 2017

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Abstract-The article reveals the role of the family business in the sustainable development of the economy by stimulating employment during periods of crisis and economic instability. The advantages of family business over corporate are determined. The problems inherent in the domestic family business are disclosed, and foreign experience of their solution is described. The main part of the article describes the analysis of statistical indicators that characterize the effectiveness of small business organization in those industries where the family business is focused. Chelyabinsk region was chosen as an object of research because it is an industrially developed region with a predominance of large enterprises and not yet a complicated tradition of organizing a family business. Based on the study, the authors formulated recommendations for eliminating the internal problems of the family business. The purpose of the article is to prove that the settlement of problems, related to the family business, must be approached in a comprehensive way. On the part of the state, programs for the financial support of family enterprises are needed; and on the part of society and the media, it is necessary to popularize the organization of the family business, to provide psychological support.Keywords-family business, small and medium business, sustainable development, labor market, organization.

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“…There is a need for studies that provide a comprehensive understanding of family firms that have expanded operations across the world as well as the pitfalls that have prevented or hinder such process. Understanding family firms going from local to international calls to appreciate the strategies of entrepreneurial families in business (Hamilton, Discua Cruz, and Jack 2017;Nordqvist and Melin 2010). Entrepreneurial families may be pushed or pulled to go global, and in doing so they have may have to balance family and business objectives influencing either the expansion of the firm into both local and international markets or foster the creation or acquisition of ventures gradually shaping a portfolio of businesses or a business group (Michael-Tsabari, Labaki, and Zachary 2014;Rosa, Howorth, and Discua Cruz 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%