dc.contributor.author | Seaman, Claire | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-29T20:20:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-29T20:20:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier | ER4202 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Seaman, C. (2015) Creating space for the business family. Journal of Family Business Management, 5 (2), pp. 182-191. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2043-6238 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-08-2015-0032 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/4202 | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose
- The purpose of this paper is to consider one of the major, under-researched themes in rural studies - the business family. Acting as an economic bedrock and entrepreneurial business base, families may support one or more businesses over varying time frames (Rouvinez, 2001).
Design/methodology/approach
- By reviewing related literature, the paper aims to encapsulate some thoughts on this topic and to consider ways in which future work in this field might be directed.
Findings
- Standing at the divide between entrepreneurship research, business research and research which looks at the family in a social paradigm, business families remain one of the under-researched areas which provide a vital function within rural communities (Getz et al., 2004, p. 3). One distinction drawn out within this paper is of the manner whereby a family business - defined here as a business with one or more family members where the owners perceive it to be a family business - stands in parallel to the business family. Difficulties in definition of the term family business (Sharma, 1996) have further complicated this distinction, but the importance of family businesses in a worldwide context is acknowledged (Poutziouris, 2006) alongside the need for further research in a UK context (Fletcher, 2002; Getz et al., 2004, p. 72). If the term family business is difficult to define, simpler definitions of the business family do appear: families with a distinct track record in portfolio or serial entrepreneurship but where the expertise is embedded within more than one individual. | |
dc.format.extent | 182-191 | |
dc.publisher | Emerald | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Family Business Management | |
dc.title | Creating space for the business family | |
dc.type | article | |
dcterms.accessRights | none | |
dc.description.faculty | div_BaM | |
dc.description.volume | 5 | |
dc.identifier.doi | http://doi:10.1108/JFBM-08-2015-0032 | |
dc.description.ispublished | pub | |
dc.description.eprintid | 4202 | |
rioxxterms.type | article | |
qmu.author | Seaman, Claire | |
qmu.centre | Centre for Applied Social Sciences | |
dc.description.status | pub | |
dc.description.number | 2 | |