Journal of Family Business Management: Volume 8 Issue 1

“We are a family firm”: An exploration of the motives for communicating the family business brand

Claudia Binz Astrachan, Isabel C. Botero

Evidence suggests that some stakeholders perceive family firms as more trustworthy, responsible, and customer-oriented than public companies. To capitalize on these positive…

Socioemotional wealth importance within family firm internal communication

Emily Marett, Laura Marler, Kent Marett

One of the key characteristics that distinguishes the family business from other firms is the importance of accruing and maintaining socioemotional wealth (SEW). Using an…

Microfinance, gender and entrepreneurial behaviour of families in Ghana

George Acheampong

The purpose of this paper is to understand the relationship between microfinance participation and entrepreneurial behaviour of Ghanaian families as well as the moderating role of…

Moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the entrepreneurial orientation of international performance of family businesses

Felipe Hernandez-Perlines

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the entrepreneurial orientation of international performance of family businesses.

Intergenerational communication in family firm succession

Gabriela Leiß, Anita Zehrer

The purpose of this paper is to explore how intergenerational communication between predecessors and successors impacts on the entrepreneurial family and the family business, and…