Commentary: What Were They Thinking? The Role of Family Firm Mental Models on Threat Recognition

Franz Kellermanns and Tim Barnett

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2008, vol. 32, issue 6, 999-1006

Abstract: In this commentary, we extend Sirmon, Arregle, Hitt, and Webb's work in this issue by introducing shared mental models as antecedents of threat of imitability recognition and as moderators of the relationship between threat recognition and strategic action. Specifically, while Sirmon, Arregle, Hitt, and Webb focus on responses to threat recognition, we develop propositions on how shared mental models related to business issues affect the threat recognition process and on how shared mental models related to family issues influence strategic responses to recognized threats. Implications and areas for future research are discussed.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00268.x

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