Sökning: "Founding family firms"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Founding family firms.

  1. 1. Nurturing entrepreneurial venturing capabilities : A study of family firms

    Författare :Imran Nazir; Leif Melin; Mattias Nordqvist; Carole Howorth; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this dissertation is to improve our understanding of how family firms adapt to their dynamic environments through creating new businesses and to explore the role of dynamic capabilities driving firm’s strategic entrepreneurial activities. I address the above aims by conducting qualitative case studies of Hum Network and AVT channels, which are both family firms at the time of their entry into the deregulated TV industry of Pakistan in 2005. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Essays on Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing

    Författare :Jon Frank; Mikael Bask; Lars Forsberg; Dušan Isakov; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Finance; Asset Pricing; Founding family firms; Firm performance; Firm financing; Firm investments; Stock returns; Stock-bond correlation;

    Sammanfattning : Essay 1 (with Mattias Hamberg): We study the performance of family firms with large controlling owners using unique hand-collected Swedish data; and consistent with previous studies, we find that founding family firms perform significantly better than other firms. The data allows us to also identify firms with long term non-founding owners (LTNFOs). LÄS MER

  4. 3. Founding conditions and the survival of new firms : An imprinting perspective on founders, organizational members and external environments

    Författare :Giuseppe Criaco; Lucia Naldi; Leif Melin; Shaker A. Zahra; Harry Sapienza; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : New firms are important sources of new employment, economic growth and innovation. Yet, a large portion of them do not manage to survive their first years of existence. This is often linked to their initial lack of capabilities, resources, routines and legitimacy. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The challenges of continuity in family businesses in Rwanda

    Författare :Pierre Sindambiwe; Mattias Nordqvist; Francesco Chirico; Celestin Musekura; Alexandra Dawson; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Focusing on a developing country, this study investigates how an owning family builds its business’ continuity. While scholars of family businesses tend to depict the continuity of a family firm in terms of family succession, preserving the family legacy, or the firm’s longevity, in the social context of a developing country that is dominated by instability and hostility, family firms are subject to day-by-day survival risks. LÄS MER