... of family firms across the globe and the lack of theoretical development at the intersection of EE and family firm literatures. By employing social capital theory in a propositional theorizing approach, this article presents unique propositions that enrich current understanding of the EE phenomenon...

...Michele Stasa Ouzký; Ondřej Machek Purpose The goal of this paper is to examine the mediating role of organizational social capital between family firms' organizational culture, characterized by their group vs individual orientation and external vs internal orientation, and their performance...

...Mehdi Tajpour; Aidin Salamzadeh; Yashar Salamzadeh; Vitor Braga Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate social capital's effect on family business development in selected family media firms. Design/methodology/approach The statistical population includes 100 individuals who run...

... 10 and less than 50 employees according to the European Commission's recommendation 2003/361/EC) and draws on the concept of social capital. Findings The study demonstrates that the vast majority of sample SFFs lacks a formal risk management system and does not prepare for crises and emergencies...

... elements of each case. Findings – The results, though highly case specific, indicate that: social networks (social capital) are important to farmers and their families, and these networks have been weakened over the years. Knowledge transfer is crucial to successful succession in the family business...

... and flow measures of spousal social capital and initial spousal stock levels were assessed. Furthermore, there appeared to be relatively high consistency between entrepreneur's assessment of spousal commitment and spousal's reflection of their own commitment, suggesting that the spousal commitment...