Understanding strategy processes in family firms: exploring the roles of actors and arenas
Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 28, Issue 7
Nordqvist M.International Small Business Journal, February 2012, Vol. 30 No. 1, Start page: 24, No. of pages: 17
This article contributes to an increased understanding of how strategy processes unfold in family firms by integrating literature on strategy-as-practice and family business strategy. By relying on in-depth case research exploring three small and medium-sized family firms, and by drawing on notions of strategic actors and arenas from the strategy-as-practice literature,the article introduces the concepts of the Simmelian stranger and hybrid arena. These concepts help researchers and practitioners to achieve a richer understanding of how strategy processes unfold in the daily interactions that constitute the strategic work of family firms.Article type: Research paperISSN: 0266-2426Reference: 41AE756
Keywords: Family firms, Strategy processes,Strategy-as-practice
