Understanding entrepreneurial family businesses in uncertain environments opportunities and resources in Latin America

Understanding Entrepreneurial Family Businesses in Uncertain Environments, the third volume in the STEP series, is uniquely centered on familial entrepreneurial activity in Latin America. The contributions, based on empirical evidence and an overall theoretical framework, focus on practical learning...

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Main Author: Nordqvist, Mattias
Corporate Author: Global STEP Project
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K Edward Elgar 2011
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Summary:Understanding Entrepreneurial Family Businesses in Uncertain Environments, the third volume in the STEP series, is uniquely centered on familial entrepreneurial activity in Latin America. The contributions, based on empirical evidence and an overall theoretical framework, focus on practical learning in addition to the advancement of scholarly knowledge
1. Understanding entrepreneurial family businesses in uncertain environments : the case of Latin America / Mattias Nordqvist ... [et al.] -- 2. Hostile environments and entrepreneurial orientation : a study of Venezuelan family firms / Aramis Rodríguez and Rebeca Vidal -- 3. The influence of culture on governance, innovativeness and knowledge generation in Brazilian family businesses / Adriane Vieira, José Antônio de Sousa Neto and Maria Teresa Roscoe -- 4. Governance structures and entrepreneurial performance in family firms : an exploratory study of Latin American family firms / Patricia Monteferrante M. and Ramón Piñango E. -- 5. Appeasement entrepreneurship : family conflict as a source of new business opportunities / Thomas C. Gura -- 6. Entrepreneurship in transgenerational processes by means of social capital / Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas, Fernando Sandoval-Arzaga and María Fonseca-Paredes -- 7. Knowledge integration in Latin American family firms / Fernando Sandoval-Arzaga, Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas and María Fonseca-Paredes -- 8. The role of tacit knowledge in the identification of entrepreneurial opportunities : a study of family-controlled businesses / Ana Cristina González León, Gustavo González Couture and Luis Díaz Matajira -- 9. Transgenerational issues in the financing of entrepreneurial family firms / Arkangel Cordero ... [et al.] -- 10. When the new employee is not just another newcomer : communication during the entrance of new generations into the family business / Juan O. Rivera-Algarín
Physical Description:xvii, 303 p ill
ISBN:9781849804738
9781849804653