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Title Family business and regional development-A theoretical model of regional familiness
ID_Doc 65631
Authors Basco, R
Title Family business and regional development-A theoretical model of regional familiness
Year 2015
Published Journal Of Family Business Strategy, 6.0, 4
DOI 10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.04.004
Abstract A key issue for regional development studies is to determine the exogenous and endogenous factors and the processes that occur within the territory and favor sustainable regional growth and development. Despite theoretical and empirical advances in understanding the mechanisms behind regional development, one dimension has been neglected: family business. To address this gap, I aim to link the family business and regional development literatures by developing a theoretical model that attempts to serve as a framework for interpreting the potential role that family firms play in regional development. The model is based on the concept of regional familiness, suggesting that the embeddedness of family businesses in regional productive structures affects regional factors, regional processes, and regional proximity dimensions and thus alters external economies of agglomeration and regional externalities. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author Keywords Regional familiness; Firm familiness; Family business and regional development; Proximity dimensions; Family firm; Contextualizing family firms
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000367411600005
WoS Category Business; Management
Research Area Business & Economics
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