
Family Business and Regional Development
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 9. January 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-367-55905-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the relationship between families, firms, and regions and the extent to which these relationships contribute to regional economic and social development.
Although family business participation in economic activities has been a common phenomenon since pre-industrial societies, and its importance has evolved throughout time and across spatial contexts, the book suggests that these factors have often been neglected in family business and regional studies. Taking this research gap into account, the book aims to deepen our understanding of the role family firms play in the regional economy. In particular, it explores two seldom studied questions. Firstly, what role do family firms play in regional development? Secondly, how do different spatial regional contexts shape family firm operations and performance?
Family Business and Regional Development presents a model of "spatial familiness" and uses themes such as productivity, networks and competitiveness to shed new light on family businesses. Moreover, it approaches the juxtaposition between family business and regional studies to encourage the cross-fertilisation of ideas, theories, and research methods between the two fields.
Bringing together leading experts in entrepreneurship, regional economics, and economic geography, this book will be a valuable reading for advanced students, researchers and policymakers interested in family firms, regional studies and economic geography.
Although family business participation in economic activities has been a common phenomenon since pre-industrial societies, and its importance has evolved throughout time and across spatial contexts, the book suggests that these factors have often been neglected in family business and regional studies. Taking this research gap into account, the book aims to deepen our understanding of the role family firms play in the regional economy. In particular, it explores two seldom studied questions. Firstly, what role do family firms play in regional development? Secondly, how do different spatial regional contexts shape family firm operations and performance?
Family Business and Regional Development presents a model of "spatial familiness" and uses themes such as productivity, networks and competitiveness to shed new light on family businesses. Moreover, it approaches the juxtaposition between family business and regional studies to encourage the cross-fertilisation of ideas, theories, and research methods between the two fields.
Bringing together leading experts in entrepreneurship, regional economics, and economic geography, this book will be a valuable reading for advanced students, researchers and policymakers interested in family firms, regional studies and economic geography.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional
Illustrations
50 s/w Abbildungen, 20 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 30 s/w Zeichnungen, 35 s/w Tabellen
35 Tables, black and white; 30 Line drawings, black and white; 20 Halftones, black and white; 50 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
462 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-55905-2 (9780367559052)
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Persons
Rodrigo Basco is Associate Professor and Sheikh Saoud bin Khalid bin Khalid Al-Qassimi Chair in Family Business at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Roger Stough was the Northern Virginia Endowed Chair and Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, USA.
Lech Suwala is Professor of Urban and Regional Economics at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany.
Roger Stough was the Northern Virginia Endowed Chair and Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, USA.
Lech Suwala is Professor of Urban and Regional Economics at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany.
Editor
American University of Sharjah, UAE
George Mason University, USA
Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Content
Introduction 1. Spatial Familiness and Family Spatialities-Searching for Fertile Ground between Family Business Studies and Regional Studies 2. A Regional Perspective of Family Firms: Evidence from Europe 3. Family-Managed Firms and Productivity: Evidence from Urban Areas 4. Family Co-occurrence and Firm Productivity 5. Developing Digital Innovation in Family Firms: Evidence from Italian Industrial Districts 6. Family Firms and their Regional Ties: A Bond Made for Future? 7. Urbanization Economies, Proximity Dimensions and Productivity: A Family Firm Perspective 8. Family Firms and Corporate Responsibility in Peripheral Regions 9. Comparing Family and Non-Family Firms' Strategic Effects on Regional Development Evidence from Kenya 10. Family Firms and Regional Entrepreneurship: The European Evidence 11. Family Firms and Regional Development: Evidence from China 12. Family Firms and Corporate Spatial Responsibilities in Germany - Implication on Urban and Regional Planning and Management 13. Place-Based Approach and Family Firms: The Tatula Programme in Lithuania