Transgenerational Entrepreneurship: Exploring Growth and Performance in Family Firms Across Generations

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M. Nordqvist, T. Zellweger
Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan 1, 2010 - Business & Economics - 236 pages
Introducing a new concept in family businesses Transgenerational Entrepreneurship addresses how these businesses achieve growth and longevity through entrepreneurial activities. It focuses on the resources, capabilities and mindsets that families develop
 

Contents

1 Transgenerational entrepreneurship
1
2 A qualitative research approach to the study of transgenerational entrepreneurship
39
3 Balancing familiness resource pools for entrepreneurial performance
58
4 Portfolio entrepreneurship in the context of family owned businesses
96
the role of owner centric culture for proactiveness and autonomy
123
managing family firm entrepreneurial growth despite generational breakthroughs within family life stage
142
7 Dealing with increasing family complexity to achieve transgenerational potential in family firms
167
8 How much and what kind of entrepreneurial orientation is needed for family business continuity?
195
Index
215
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Edited by Mattias Nordqvist, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden and Thomas Zellweger, Professor of Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

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