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Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Networking and entrepreneurial family firms
AU - Dodd, Sarah
AU - Anderson, Alistair
AU - Jack, Sarah
PY - 2015/12/16
Y1 - 2015/12/16
N2 - We investigate the role of networks in the growth processes of the entrepreneurial family firm. The study adds to two main stream of literature, drawing together theoretical developments from the family firm realm and networking theory, to investigate the ways in which these structures and processes interact to facilitate and inhibit entrepreneurial growth. The chapter also draws on international field data, thus adding to our knowledge of the context-specific nature of entrepreneurial growth processes, family firms, and networking. Growth strategies for many of the studied family firms tended to be driven by resources available within the family-firm nexus. In many cases, market and technology evaluation took place through quite formal, “professional” mechanisms. The use of weak-ties, which has come to be seen of diminished importance for non-family entrepreneurs, appeared more significant for family-firm growth.
AB - We investigate the role of networks in the growth processes of the entrepreneurial family firm. The study adds to two main stream of literature, drawing together theoretical developments from the family firm realm and networking theory, to investigate the ways in which these structures and processes interact to facilitate and inhibit entrepreneurial growth. The chapter also draws on international field data, thus adding to our knowledge of the context-specific nature of entrepreneurial growth processes, family firms, and networking. Growth strategies for many of the studied family firms tended to be driven by resources available within the family-firm nexus. In many cases, market and technology evaluation took place through quite formal, “professional” mechanisms. The use of weak-ties, which has come to be seen of diminished importance for non-family entrepreneurs, appeared more significant for family-firm growth.
KW - Family-Owned Business
KW - Networking
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Venture Growth
KW - International Entrepreneurship
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9781138841192
T3 - Routledge Rethinking Entrepreneurship Research
BT - Family entrepreneurship
A2 - Randerson, Kathleen
A2 - Bettinelli, Cristina
A2 - Dossena, Giovanna
A2 - Fayolle, Alain
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -