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A Strategic Fit Perspective on Family Firm Performance

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-8349-7167-8

ISBN: 978-3-8349-3356-0

Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden - Springer Journals

Sep 26, 2012

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Introduction

Lindow, Corinna M.

Pages: 1 –6

[Family influence in the firm is what makes family firms1 unique entities2. This is because in family firms, like in no other organizational form, the business and the family are ‘inextricably intertwined’3. Family firm research is the research stream that considers the family as being a critical...
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Family Firms as Research Objects

Lindow, Corinna M.

Pages: 7 –26

[This second chapter provides a brief summary of the primary concept of the study: the family firm. It aims to develop a foundational understanding of family firms as research objects. Chapter 2 contains four sections. Section 2.1 discusses the relevancy of family firms. This is followed by...
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Literature Review on Family Firm Performance Research

Lindow, Corinna M.

Pages: 27 –47

[In this third chapter, a rigorous literature review will give a comprehensive and structured overview of the status of family firm performance research and identifies as well discusses potential deficiencies in this research stream. The review is guided by the research problem of inconclusive...
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A Strategic Fit Perspective on Family Firm Performance

Lindow, Corinna M.

Pages: 49 –93

[In the following fourth chapter, a strategic fit perspective is proposed in order to assess family firm performance. The chapter contains three sections: Section 4.1 reviews the theoretical grounds of a strategic fit perspective.]
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Methodology

Lindow, Corinna M.

Pages: 95 –124

[The four hypotheses developed in the preceding chapter 4 are to be tested empirically. The following fifth chapter thus shifts the focus from the theoretical background to the methodology of the empirical analysis regarding the relationships between family influence,strategic fit, and firm...
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Analysis and Results

Lindow, Corinna M.

Pages: 125 –160

[The following sixth chapter presents the results of the empirical analysis regarding the associations between family influence, strategic fit, and firm performance. Chapter 6 contains three sections. Section 6.1 is concerned with the descriptive results. First, general firm characteristics are...
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Discussion

Lindow, Corinna M.

Pages: 161 –178

[The following seventh chapter discusses the findings of the study. The topics appear in reverse order as presented previously - first results, then methodology, then theory. Chapter seven has four sections. First, section 7.1 reviews and discusses the results.]
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Conclusions

Lindow, Corinna M.

Pages: 179 –182

[Family firm performance is a central topic in family firm research. One overarching objective of family firm scholars has been to assess whether family influence is beneficial or detrimental to firm performance.]

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