Journal of Family Business Management: Volume 5 Issue 1

Succession planning in William Jackson Food Group: An exemplar case study

Lorna Collins, Barbara Murray, Ken McCracken

This paper is a conversation piece which highlights the ways in which succession planning in large company might be handled. The discussion focuses on Christopher Oughtred the…

Knowledge transfer in family business successions: Implications of knowledge types and transaction atmospheres

Britta Boyd, Susanne Royer, Rong Pei, Xiaolei Zhang

Knowledge often is the fundament for strategic competitive advantage. Thus, it is highly relevant to understand better how knowledge is transferred from one generation to the next…

Father-daughter succession in China: facilitators and challenges

Xin Deng

– The purpose of this paper is to explore factors facilitating and impeding succession from father to daughter in family businesses in China.

The effect of family ownership and control on equity-based compensation: Evidence from S&P SmallCap firms

Hyungkee Young Baek, Philip L Fazio

Small public family firms apply contracting differently given the peculiar motivations of founding families and the degree to which they monitor operations. The purpose of this…

The absorptive capacity of family firms: How familiness affects potential and realized absorptive capacity

Jim Andersén

Absorptive capacity (AC) is a key competitive advantage and is defined as the capacity to absorb knowledge from the environment. Although some studies have examined how various…

Family businesses: seekers of advice

Alan Reddrop, Gido Mapunda

– The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of the often questioned willingness of family businesses (FBs) to seek external advice on challenges they face.

Family business insights: an overview of the literature

Paul Pounder

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the family business literature has evolved, and to examine the factors influencing family-owned and managed businesses. The paper…