Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Interviews -- 1 Problem Statement of the Investigation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Justification of the Research Gap -- 1.2.1 Analysis of the Works -- 1.2.2 Summary of the Analysis -- 1.3 Problem Statement -- 1.4 Theoretical-Conceptual Approach -- 2 The Family Business -- 2.1 Characteristics of Family Businesses -- 2.1.1 Approach to the Business Form -- 2.1.2 Values in Family Businesses -- 2.1.3 Conflicts in Family Businesses -- 2.1.4 Paradoxes in Family Businesses -- 2.2 Development Stages of Family Businesses -- 2.2.1 The Founding/Pioneer Enterprise -- 2.2.2 Effects of Size Growth -- 2.2.3 The Second Generation -- 2.2.4 The Third Generation -- 2.2.5 The Multi-generational Family Business -- 2.2.6 Overview of Development Stages -- 2.3 The Concept of Familiness and Enterpriseness -- 2.3.1 Familiness in Family Businesses -- 2.3.2 Enterpriseness in Business Families -- 2.4 Succession in Family Businesses -- 2.4.1 Succession and its Influence on the Descendants -- 2.4.2 Influences on the Succession Decision -- 2.5 The Family Business as Socialization Context -- 2.5.1 Introduction to Socialization -- 2.5.2 The Family Business as a Context for Socialization -- 2.6 Final Considerations in this Chapter -- 3 Systems Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, Role Theory and Ecological |