Sources of Heterogeneity in Family Firms: An Introduction

By Jess H. Chua, James J. Chrisman, Lloyd Steier, Sabine B. Rau. 2012

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Subfields: Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Exit Strategies in Family Firms: How Socioemotional Wealth Drives the Threshold of Performance (2013, positive): “We select these two because “differences in governance . . . arise from the family’s involvement in ownership and management” (Chua et al., 2012, p. 1104), and these are considered two important differentiators and thereby sources of heterogeneity within family firms (e.g., Casillas et al.; Cruz &…”
Innovation in Family Firms: A Systematic Literature Review and Guidance for Future Research (2018, background): “More recently, FF scholars have started to acknowledge the presence of heterogeneity among FFs (Chua et al. 2012).”
The impact of small- and medium-sized family firms on economic growth (2015, background): “Second, in recent years, family business researchers have increasingly recognized that family firms are heterogeneous (e.g., Chua et al. 2012; Westhead and Howorth 2007).”
The pursuit of international opportunities in family firms: Generational differences and the role of knowledge‐based resources (2018, background): “In other words, we argue that various aspects of goals, governance, and resources are primary sources of family firm heterogeneity (Chua et al., 2012).”
Innovation Through Tradition: Lessons From Innovative Family Businesses and Directions for Future Research (2016, background): “, 2012), and researchers recognize that family businesses are highly heterogeneous (Chua et al., 2012; De Massis, Kotlar et al., 2014; Wright et al., 2014).”
Family Firm Heterogeneity: A Definition, Common Themes, Scholarly Progress, and Directions Forward (2021, background): “By identifying primary themes in the literature and reviewing the categorical and variational heterogeneity associated with each, we aim to support more accurate theory development, enhanced empirical precision, and a refined understanding of family firm heterogeneity (Chrisman & Patel, 2012; Chua e”
Family Firm(s) Outcomes Model: Structuring Financial and Nonfinancial Outcomes Across the Family and Firm (2017, background): “Chua et al. (2012) note, “Variations in the behavior and performance across family firms may be as large if not larger than the variations between family and nonfamily forms of organizations.””
Incumbents’ Attitude Toward Intrafamily Succession (2016, methodology): “While we considered some dimensions of family firm heterogeneity in our control variables (Chua et al., 2012), there are undoubtedly other control variables that may influence incumbents’ attitude toward IFS and should be used to eliminate the alternative hypotheses.”