TY - CHAP
T1 - Corporate governance in family businesses across generations
T2 - Exploring intergenerational issues
AU - Dawson, Alexandra
AU - Parada, M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - The presence of different generations in family businesses creates intergenerational issues that affect the dynamics of their governance structures. Bringing together literature on family business governance with studies of intergenerational relationships, we contribute to our understanding of governance structures and relationships in family businesses. We illustrate these dynamics through a qualitative approach using an in-depth, longitudinal case study of a 180-year-old family business, which we followed for 10 years. We focus on intergenerational and intertemporal dilemmas faced by the family throughout the generations, focusing on a shift away from ethical toward economic interests, as both family and business have grown in complexity.
AB - The presence of different generations in family businesses creates intergenerational issues that affect the dynamics of their governance structures. Bringing together literature on family business governance with studies of intergenerational relationships, we contribute to our understanding of governance structures and relationships in family businesses. We illustrate these dynamics through a qualitative approach using an in-depth, longitudinal case study of a 180-year-old family business, which we followed for 10 years. We focus on intergenerational and intertemporal dilemmas faced by the family throughout the generations, focusing on a shift away from ethical toward economic interests, as both family and business have grown in complexity.
KW - Corporate governance
KW - Governance structures
KW - Intergenerational issues
KW - Longitudinal case study
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063795302&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-77676-7_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-77676-7_6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85063795302
SN - 9783319776750
SP - 115
EP - 139
BT - The Palgrave Handbook of Heterogeneity among Family Firms
PB - Palgrave MacMillan
ER -