"Where do you want to take your family firm?A theoretical and empirical exploratory study of family business goals

  1. Rodrigo Basco 1
  1. 1 American University of Sharjah
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    American University of Sharjah

    Sarja, Emiratos Árabes Unidos

    ROR https://ror.org/001g2fj96

Revista:
Business Research Quarterly

ISSN: 2340-9444,  2340-9436

Ano de publicación: 2017

Volume: 20

Número: 1

Páxinas: 28-44

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.1016/J.BRQ.2016.07.001 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

Outras publicacións en: Business Research Quarterly

Resumo

Los académicos de la empresa familiar asumen que los objetivos de la empresa familiar representan la naturaleza de la toma de decisiones de la empresa y son fuerzas impulsoras (es decir, antecedentes) del comportamiento, el desempeño, la continuidad, la competitividad y la sostenibilidad de la empresa familiar. Sin medir los objetivos de la empresa familiar, la investigación de la empresa familiar, específicamente el proceso de teorización de la empresa familiar, está flotando en medio de supuestos utilizados para justificar datos descriptivos observacionales, como diferencias entre empresas familiares y no familiares y diferencias entre varios tipos de empresas familiares. . Sigue existiendo una falta de claridad en torno a la definición teórica de los objetivos de la empresa familiar y una ausencia de enfoques metodológicos para hacer operativo el concepto. Para abordar esta brecha, Esta investigación aplica una metodología exploratoria paso a paso que combina un enfoque tanto teórico como empírico. Primero, siguiendo una revisión de literatura inductiva, teorizo los objetivos de la empresa familiar como un concepto multidimensional que combina dos escalas: orientación económica versus no económica y orientación familiar versus empresarial. En segundo lugar, al utilizar una base de datos española única de empresas familiares, utilizo el método de modelado de ecuaciones estructurales de mínimos cuadrados parciales para confirmar y ampliar el concepto multidimensional teórico propuesto de los objetivos de la empresa familiar.

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