Family Firm to Modern Multinational
Author: Charles W. Cheape
Publisher:
Published: 2013-10-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780674335363
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Family Firm to Modern Multinational
Author: Charles W. Cheape
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780674292611
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Author: Kenneth Bertrams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-01-03
Total Pages: 649
ISBN-13: 1107311071
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ernest Solvay, philanthropist and organizer of the world-famous Solvay conferences on physics, discovered a profitable way of making soda ash in 1861. Together with a handful of associates, he laid the foundations of the Solvay company, which successfully branched out into other chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals. Since its emergence in 1863, Solvay has maintained world leadership in the production of soda ash. This is the first scholarly book on the history of the Solvay company, which was one of the earliest chemical multinationals and today is among the world's twenty largest chemical companies. It is also one of the largest companies in the field to preserve its family character. The authors analyze the company's 150-year history (1863–2013) from economic, political and social perspectives, showing the enormous impact geopolitical events had on the company and the recent consequences of global competition.
The History of Family Business, 1850-2000
Author: Andrea Colli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780521804721
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this new textbook, Andrea Colli gives a historical and comparative perspective on family business, examining through time the different relationships within family businesses and among family enterprises, inside different political and institutional contexts. He compares the performance of family businesses with that of other economic organizations, and looks at how these enterprises have contributed to the evolution of contemporary industrial capitalism. Central to his discussion are the reasons for both the decline and persistence of family business, how it evolved historically, the different forms it has taken over time, and how it has contributed to the growth of single economies. The book summarises previous research into family business, and situates many aspects of family business - such as their strategies, contribution, failure and decline - in an economic, social, political and institutional context. It will be of key interest to students of economic history and business studies.
The Palgrave Handbook of Family Firm Internationalization
Author: Tanja Leppäaho
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-05-29
Total Pages: 628
ISBN-13: 3030667375
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Family Firms (FFs) form the majority of all firms around the world and they account for an enormous percentage of the employment, the revenue, and the GDP of most capitalist countries. While MNCs have long been thought of as the main contributors to international business, it is now recognised that a substantial number of family firms are active in the international arena. This handbook focuses on the features which make family firm internationalization unique. Chapters provide FF specific theories and cover the process of FF internationalization. It examines the role of network ties and provides an insight into the development of family firms that have grown into big multinationals. Importantly this Handbook equips you with a better understanding of specific features of family firms as they internationalize from or to Asian or emerging markets. Family firms offer a fruitful context to study internationalization through a process perspective, therefore this Handbook is an invaluable source of knowledge for students, scholars and policy makers in the areas of family business, entrepreneurship and internationalization.
International Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses
Author: Jose C. Casillas
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781781956441
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Many of the large multinational firms that dominate world markets were family firms, and many of them continue to be. This title shows that family firms have always been active agents in the global economy. It features practical examples and case studies of multinational family firms.
Family Multinationals
Author: Christina Lubinski
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-07-18
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1135044937
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In contrast to widespread assessments that family enterprises lack sufficient resources and capabilities to go global, many family companies are competing successfully in an increasingly globalized business environment. Worldwide, a large number of thriving multinationals are still family-owned and/or under family control. While there is abundant literature on the phenomenon of globalization from many different disciplines, neither the literature on multinationals nor the growing field of family business studies have systematically investigated family multinationals yet. This volume is one of the first to deal explicitly with family multinationals and the role of the family in internationalization. It situates itself at the crossroads of internationalization studies on the one hand and family business research on the other. Why do families continue to play such a large role in some of the most prominent firms in emerging and mature economies? How did they manage to maintain ownership control, yet divest of unrelated business ventures? How did they internationalize yet maintain control? This book identifies the idiosyncratic strategies and structures of family multinationals in different countries and at different points in time. A comparative historical and case study approach allows us to explore the role of the family through the firms’ various internationalization pathways and understand long-term developments and path dependencies.
Family Firm Internationalisation
Author: Tanja Leppäaho
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-08-20
Total Pages: 139
ISBN-13: 3030285200
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Drawing on a series of case studies from Finland, this book examines the role of networking in the internationalisation process of family firms. Providing a comprehensive overview of recent literature alongside the empirical analysis of 24 family firms, the authors use theoretical concepts from family business research to create a model specifically for the internationalisation and networking of family firms. An insightful read for those interested in international and small business, this book offers practical implications for the successful internationalisation of family firms and sets the agenda for future research in the field of family business.
The Endurance of Family Businesses
Author: Paloma Fernandez Perez
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-09-30
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1107292603
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Endurance of Family Businesses is a collection of essays offering an overview of the importance and resilience of family-controlled large businesses. Much of economic and business history research neglects family businesses, considering them an inefficient form of business organization. These essays discuss the strengths of family businesses: the ways family firms have managed, financed and governed their corporations, as well as the way in which they structure their relationship with the external environment, from the government to the company's stakeholders. Family businesses have learned new ways of organizing their resources and using their accumulated know-how for new markets and institutional environments. This volume combines the expertise of well-known scholars who specialize in business history, economic history, management and consulting, to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on family businesses. Contributors provide a global view by taking into account Asian, American and European experiences.
Dutch Enterprise in the 20th Century
Author: Keetie E. Sluyterman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-07-04
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1134268637
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the first book to summarise the twentieth century economic history of the Netherlands from a business history perspective. It has a broad historical coverage of Dutch business development including in particular the major multinationals such as Philips, Shell, and Unilever. Although focused on Dutch business it has a strong international flavour.
