Regional influences on the prevalence of family versus non-family start-ups

By Miriam Bird, Karl J. Wennberg. 2014

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Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Why Family Matters: The Impact of Family Resources on Immigrant Entrepreneurs’ Exit from Entrepreneurship (2016, unknown): “Third, we contribute to the literature on entrepreneurs’ social embeddedness that has discussed the family’s importance in influencing entrepreneurial outcomes (Aldrich and Cliff, 2003; Bird and Wennberg, 2014; Powell and Eddleston, 2016).”
Driving factors of innovation in family and non-family SMEs (2018, background): “Over the years, family firms are often well embedded in the regional environment (Aldrich and Cliff 2003; Bird and Wennberg 2014).”
Riding the waves of family firm internationalization: A systematic literature review, integrative framework, and research agenda (2020, unknown): “…forces, facing tensions between the desire to preserve the family values, control, and tradition by staying grounded in the local region (Bird & Wennberg, 2014; Gómez-Mejía, Makri, & Kintana et al., 2010) and the need to search and exploit the benefits of global expansion (Arregle,…”
Family firms in the global economy: Toward a deeper understanding of internationalization determinants, processes, and outcomes (2018, background): “This view is consistent with the common assumption that family firms have a strong connection to their home regions and local roots (Bird and Wennberg, 2014).”
Roots to Grow: Family Firms and Local Embeddedness in Rural and Urban Contexts (2018, background): “As argued by Bird and Wennberg (2014) and Chirico, Ireland, and Sirmon (2011), family firms indeed possess a superior capacity to leverage local resources and networks.”
Firm Philanthropy in Small- and Medium-Sized Family Firms (2014, unknown): “Family firms are expected to be very proactive in the surrounding community with family owners tending to support and subsidize the institutions in the area and committed to the common good (Bird & Wennberg, 2013).”