Business, Enterprise & Management
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Item Bridging the divides: a case study of collective action across Scottish university business schools to support small business(Elsevier, 2024-07-24) Cunningham, James; Hughes, Jeffrey; Hay, Allane; Greene, Francis J.; Seaman, ClaireSupport for small business is widely acknowledged as a complex issue of interrelated economic resilience and sustainability. Despite an established literature on the mechanisms through which university business schools support business, few studies have focused on relations between business schools in matters of such national importance. Our qualitative case study contributes to this limited stock of empirical knowledge by following a consortium of 16 university business schools and associated public bodies in Scotland, as they develop a national business support programme. A Networks of Practice (NofP) lens allows us to identify three processual components crucial in developing relations between entrepreneurial universities: acknowledging drivers, establishing relationships, and building a vision-based reference. These three components reveal tensions and challenges as a network of common interest forms. Fresh theoretical insights are offered on the nature of the entrepreneurial university and role of vision to bridge a fragmented higher education environment.Item Learning from family business researchers(Emerald, 2023-10-23) Ratten,Vanessa; Chrisman, James J.; Mustafa, Michael J.; Sciascia, Salvatore; Seaman, Claire; Cruz, Allan DiscuaPurpose – This article provides commentary from well known family business researchers on what they have learnt about the family business field and tips for the future. Design/methodology/approach – Well known family business management researchers were contacted in order to provide their feedback on the field of family business management. Their responses were then curated into an article that can help others learn from their advice. Findings –The family business management researchers provided suggestions on how to succeed in the field of family business management and advice for current and future researchers. Thereby helping to advance the field and provide new novel research ideas that can help science as well as practice. Originality/value –This article is amongst the first to provide verbatim advice from the leading family business management scholars. Thus, providing original and innovative ideas about what is needed in the field of family business management.Item Does capital structure matter? Evidence from family-owned firms in Jordan(Emerald, 2023-07-05) Al-Haddad, Lara M.; Saidat, Zaid; Seaman, Claire; Gerged, Ali MeftahPurpose This study examines the potential impact of capital structure on the financial performance of family-owned firms in Jordan. Design/methodology/approach Using panel data of 107 listed companies from 2019 to 2021, the authors use a multivariate regression model to empirically examine the role that family firms' capital structure can play in engendering financial performance in the short and long terms. Findings This study's evidence indicates that family businesses rely on equity as their primary source of funding. This approach has been proven to be detrimental to their financial performance, as evidenced by the negative impact of capital structure on family firms' financial performance in the current study. Originality/value Capital structure-related decisions are essential to a firm's performance. Thus, there have been numerous empirical studies examining the relationship between capital structure and corporate performance in various settings worldwide. However, the findings of these studies are inconclusive. Also, there are relatively few empirical studies investigating the association between capital structure and the performance of family firms in emerging countries, particularly Jordan. This study, therefore, addresses this empirical gap in extant literature.Item Consciously contributing: Community engagement, philanthropy and family business(Routledge, 2022-04-08) Seaman, Claire; Bent, Richard; Seaman, ClaireCorporate citizenship is an area of the current study that considers, amongst other things, how the values of a business translate into socially responsible behaviour. Conversely, corporate citizenship can also consider the values individuals bring into the business and the impact these values may have on business behaviour. This chapter focuses on family business, taking the perspective that where the values of one family are concentrated in the leadership of a business, those values will tend to exert more influence on business behaviour, for good or ill. Family businesses vary widely in size, in sector of operation and indeed in the values they hold but family businesses are also astonishingly numerous and of considerable economic importance. Whilst there is an ongoing definitional debate, a consensus has been reached within the literature that somewhere between 65% and 80% of businesses are owned, managed, or led by family. Family businesses form the economic bedrock of economies and communities worldwide and their impact on corporate citizenship is therefore substantial. In considering how a research agenda for this area might be developed, this chapter seeks to advance thinking and to provoke both debate and ongoing research.Item Introduction(Routledge, 2022-04-08) Seaman, Claire; Seaman, ClaireThis introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses the precept that ‘society’ is largely created by three key dimensions that intersect: Government, business, and the community organisations that make up what is commonly referred to as ‘civil society’, operating in the natural environment. Definitions of corporate citizenship also vary, but most include the idea that corporations, businesses or business-like organisations have a degree of social responsibility, that often includes a responsibility to the families of their employees. Corporate citizenship is defined in many ways, but most definitions include the idea that corporations, businesses or business-like organisations have a degree of social responsibility, that often includes communities, causes, staff and indeed the families of their employees. The ‘values’ theme continues in the next chapter, where an alternative cultural perspective follows, in a case study of a Finnish family firm.Item Corporate Citizenship and Family Business(Routledge, 2022-04-08) Seaman, Claire; Seaman, ClaireCurrent models of corporate citizenship largely consider business as one coherent entity. This view of business as a corporate force overlooks the growing evidence that most businesses are run by families. Family businesses are the most common form of business in existence – across countries, continents and geopolitical divides – and yet we know remarkably little about their approach to corporate citizenship. Where families run businesses, they create a concentration of family values that – for good or ill – influence the way business practices and behaviours develop. The role of the family in business has, therefore, an influence on the development of society that is partially mediated through corporate citizenship. This book pulls together current thinking from several diverse research fields that intersect with family business research to offer insight into current research and examples of practice for those studying and researching in the fields of family business, business values and corporate practice. The book will also explore the fact that family businesses tend to take a longer-term approach to business and that this is reflected in their behaviour towards the environment, community engagement, employee development and innovation. Bringing together contributions from researchers in the diverse fields of family business, philanthropy, community engagement, corporate social responsibility, innovation and policy, this book explores the many ways in which family businesses contribute to the corporate citizenship agenda.Item Family-owned banks in Jordan: Do they perform better?(Emerald, 2022-01-10) Saidat, Zaid; Alrababa’a, Abedalrazaq; Seaman, ClairePurpose: Family ownership is very common for Jordanian businesses, leading to a high level of involvement of family members in company management. There continues to be intense discussion on the pros and cons of family ownership, particularly as it focuses corporate control within a small family group. The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of family and non-family owned banks appear on the Amman Stock Exchange over the 2016 to 2020 period.Item Women entrepreneurial leaders as harbingers of economic growth: Evidences from an emerging market of South Asia(3ciencias, 2021-08-24) Qureshi, Jawaid A.; Memon, Salman Bashir; Seaman, ClaireGlobal economy is driven by entrepreneurs operating micro, small, medium, and large-scale enterprises (M-SMLEs). This probe integrates three distinct domains, entrepreneurship, leadership, and gender, particularly women. In a previous study, one of the co-authors investigated such phenomenon that comprised motivations and pre-and-post venture challenges for women entrepreneurial leaders and devised a conceptual framework. This inquiry applies quantitative methods to empirically test and validate such framework, and contribute towards pertinent theoretical underpinning. It avails post-positivism philosophy, deductive approach, and survey method. Data was garnered from women entrepreneurial leaders of Pakistan – a growing emerging market of South Asia. The sample size includes 308 samples (comprising micro, small, and medium-scale enterprises (M-SMEs), 100+ participants from each category. The capabilities, circumstances, and behavior of M-SMEs differ than those of such leaders from large-scale enterprises; therefore, they were ignored purposefully. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique was availed for data analysis. Canons of reliability, validity, and triangulation assisted toward robust results. The findings reveal that motivation to become entrepreneur and need of situation appeared the most significant predictors for starting and leading a venture by women. In challenges before the start of business (discouragement from family and gender stereotypes, financial challenges, lack of entrepreneurial knowledge, and lack of access to market and workplace [in a male-dominated society]) appeared significant predictors in order. And in challenges after the start of business (lack of market research, lack of finance and sustainability, harassment from men, and gender stereotypes from employees) respectively appeared significant predictors of women entrepreneurial leadership.Item Entrepreneurship education in post-Soviet states: Developing programmes for hospitality and tourism students in Samarkand(Emerald, 2021-08-19) John, Leei; Robertson, Marc; Tetley, Kate; Seaman, ClaireThis paper considers a country-context where traditional entrepreneurship has not been a major part of the economy and considers current attempts to develop entrepreneurship education (EE) as a part of wider market development. We review the background to the economic development of the Post-Soviet states and link this to existing knowledge around EE. The potential routes by which EE might be developed in Uzbekistan are discussed with a focus upon hospitality and tourism education, leading to the development of a model of the six key aspects of change The potential for future research is explored and four aspects are highlighted as areas where partnership working with overseas Universities is likely to have substantive benefits. In particular, the development of quality standards and staff development are areas where partnership could have an important influence, whereas barriers within local systems and cultural resistance are likely to benefit less from a partnership approach. Whilst entrepreneurial competencies and entrepreneurial intent are both important, entrepreneurial intent is highlighted given its role in terms of individual responses to country-level initiatives. Whilst all aspects merit further research, the paper ends with a specific suggestion that future research should draw on the theory of planned behaviour to explore entrepreneurial intent. Practical implications include the proposed development of quality standards for entrepreneurship education and staff development work. The on-going evaluation of these areas is key to on-going development. Uzbekistan is a relatively under-researched area where hospitality and tourism industries are under-going a period of intense development.Item Leadership mindset and fall of once giant family-run textile exporting companies(Wiley, 2021-07-08) Qureshi, Jawaid A.; Shaikh, Abdul Manan; Seaman, ClairePakistan’s textile sector has played an utmost salient role for thriving country’s economy and has attracted greater investments by local and foreign investors. The purpose of this paper is to ascertain three once giant textile exporters, run by family-owned companies, which were chosen by global brands for outsourcing, but then they became extinct. Based on a qualitative inquiry, and departing from phenomenology and grounded theory, it uses the result of nine interviews to former companies’ leaders, applying a multiple-case designed method in the context of family business governance to ascertain the role and importance of leadership and strategy issues for their decline. The front burner issues included leader or ‘Seth’s’ (the indigenous term for owners of big businesses in South Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh) management styles and policies (with dearth of professional and operational hierarchy, the hiring of ‘Yes Men’ and ‘Yes Boss’ type executives), firm’s culture and politics, human resource policies (i.e. working environment and employees’ motivation), management of financial portfolios, and other operational strategies like technology, operations and marketing, which eventually led to disastrous failures to filing bankruptcies by these three firms.