Introducing the Enterpriseness of Business Families: A Research Agenda

Hermann Frank (), Julia Suess-Reyes, Elena Fuetsch and Alexander Kessler
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Hermann Frank: WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Julia Suess-Reyes: WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Elena Fuetsch: WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Alexander Kessler: WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Chapter 11 in The Palgrave Handbook of Heterogeneity among Family Firms, 2019, pp 263-296 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter describes a research agenda for business families. The family has received little attention in family business research. Business families are faced with demands from family and business, which need to be managed in a way that neither the family nor the business is discriminated in the long run. Business families develop “enterpriseness” by accepting business-related rules. The enterpriseness of business families captures the business’ influence on the family and deals with the potential liability of complexity of business families. Based on the dimensions’ involvement, essence and identity enterpriseness is conceptualized and a set of fundamental research questions is developed.

Keywords: Business family; Enterprising family; Enterpriseness; Familiness; Systems theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77676-7_11

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