The Family Business Group Phenomenon Emergence and Complexities /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rautiainen, Marita (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rosa, Peter (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pihkala, Timo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Parada, Maria José (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Cruz, Allan Discua (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Family-owned business enterprises.; Small business.; Leadership.; Organization.; Planning.; Family Business.; Small Business.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

This edited collection analyses the unexplored concept of the family business group, evaluating the opportunities and advantages that it creates for entrepreneurs. Raising a number of important questions, the authors construct a new research agenda for the complex topic of the family business group,...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction; Peter Rosa, Marita Rautiainen, Timo Pihkala, Maria José Parada and Allan Discua Cruz
• Part I. Theoretical and Methodological Reflections
• 2. Theoretical Insights into the Nature, Diversity and Persistence of Business Groups; Peter Rosa and Timo Pihkala
• 3. The Methodological Challenges of Researching Family-owned Business Groups; Peter Rosa, Marita Rautiainen and Timo Pihkala
• Part II. The Emergence of Family Business Groups through Portfolio Entrepreneurship
• 4. The Emergence of a Family Business Group: The Role of Portfolio Entrepreneurship; Marita Rautiainen and Timo Pihkala
• 5. Managing Portfolio Business: A Case Study; Donato Iacobucci and Peter Rosa
• 6. Entrepreneurial Growth through Portfolio Entrepreneurship: The Entrepreneurial Career Ladder; Peter Rosa
• 7. Resourcefulness and the Informal Economy: From Pluriactivity to Portfolio Entrepreneurship; Naveed Akhter and Ernestine Ning
• Part III. Complexity and the Development of Family Business Groups
• 8. The Dynamics and Complexity of Family Business Groups; Kajari Mukherjee, Marita Rautiainen, Timo Pihkala and Peter Rosa
• 9. Understanding the Dynamics of Business Group Development: A Transgenerational Perspective; Maria José Parada, Naveed Akhter, Rodrigo Basco, Allan Discua-Cruz, Sarah Fitz-Koch
• 10. Deciphering Ownership of Family Business Groups; Timo Pihkala, Sanjay Goel, Marita Rautiainen, Kajari Mukherjee and Markku Ikävalko
• 11. Governance in Family Business Groups: Resolving Multiple Contingencies to Sustain Entrepreneurial Capability; Sanjay Goel, Tuuli Ikäheimonen, and Marita Rautiainen
• Part IV. Family Business Groups in Different Local Contexts
• 12. The Contribution of Family Business Groups to the Local Innovation Environment; Suvi Konsti-Laakso, Jussi Heikkilä, Marita Rautiainen, Satu Rinkinen and Naveed Akhter
• 13. Resilience and Family Business Groups in Unstable Economies; Allan Discua Cruz, Rodrigo Basco, Maria José Parada, Antonio Malfense-Fierro, Cristina Alvarado
• 14. Entrepreneurship and Rural Family Identity: Understanding Portfolio Development in a Family Farm Business; Sarah Fitz-Koch, Sarah Cooper and Allan Discua Cruz
• Part V. Conclusion
• 15. Conclusions; Peter Rosa, Marita Rautiainen, Timo Pihkala, Maria José Parada and Allan Discua Cruz.