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Problemy zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi w polskich, małych firmach rodzinnych

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Sułkowski Ł.

Zarządzanie Zasobami Ludzkimi

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2012

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issue 2(85)

9-18

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Any analysis of the problems of human resource management in family businesses must make reference to numerous dysfunctional aspects in the management process in light of the specific nature of such companies. Managers hoping to manage family businesses in an effective manner should know the risks associated with the characteristics of this type of enterprise. This article aims at analyzing key human resource management problems occurring in Polish small family businesses.

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Bariery rozwoju firm rodzinnych w Polsce

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Doborzyński J., Dułak E., Kaliszewski F., Kuna D., Macedońska D.

Przedsiębiorstwo we współczesnej gospodarce - teoria i praktyka

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2019

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vol. 2

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issue 29

59-71

PL

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie barier, które stoją na przeszkodzie rozwoju firm rodzinnych w Polsce. Autorzy przedstawili pojęcie family business, zidentyfikowali bariery ich rozwoju oraz scharakteryzowali je. Poruszono również temat sukcesji i jej wpływu na rozwój firmy.

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The purpose of this article was to present the barriers that hinder the development of family businesses in Poland. The authors presented the concept of family business, identified barriers to their development and characterized them. The topic of succession and its impact on the company’s development was also discussed.

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A Research Proposal to Examine Entrepreneurship in Family Business

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Durán-Encalada J. A., San Martin-Reyna J. M., Montiel-Campos H.

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation

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2012

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vol. 8

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issue 3

58-77

EN

This paper builds on existing theoretical and empirical studies in the areas of family business and entrepreneurship. It uses Dubin´s theory building framework to propose a model for conducting research of family businesses and its linkage to entrepreneurial activities in Mexico. This works starts by describing the concepts of family business and explains the importance that these definitions can have on the variables to be included in the research. After that, the paper explains how the concept of “familiness” relates to the essence definition of family business. Using the resource-based view (RBV), agency theory, and social capital theories we describe how social capital resources are the basis for building firm capabilities and competitive advantages that influence firm’s performances. Based on this perspective, a theoretical model, laws of interaction, a set of propositions and suggestions for further research are provided.

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Are There Important Differences in Success and in Organizational Culture between Family Companies in Production and Service Sector in Slovenia?

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Zajec M., Roblek M.

Organizacija

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2011

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vol. 44

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issue 6

195-205

EN

In this article we will introduce the development of those organizational culture elements, which influence importantly on company successfulness in family companies. The research was performed in 24 Slovenian companies with 524 responded survey questionnaires from field of services, consultancy and computer equipment, trade counter, production, road freight traffic and civil engineering.With this analysis we found out the answer to the question in family loyalty to the company, management style, loyalty and mutual trust system, strategic emphasis, criteria for successful business operations, stimulation (rewarding), process of continuous improvement, business ethics of the company, organization, values of the employees, and satisfaction of the employees in those companies. The collected data are important from the aspect of the organizational culture influence on the future growth or eventually their stagnation.

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The Main Burdens of Doing Business Perceived by Family-Owned Hospitality Enterprises in Slovakia

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Šmardová Ľ., Elexa Ľ.

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation

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2013

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vol. 9

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issue 1

97-118

EN

The main aim of the article is to identify the main burdens of doing business perceived by Slovak family owned hospitality businesses as well as to assess their view on the prospects for family businesses in Slovakia. The article analyzes primary data gained from an opinion survey conducted by means of a questionnaire in 2013. The business environment perception is evaluated according to the perception of certain external business environment indicators (conditions of doing business) depicted on the basis of the results of the pilot survey conducted in 2009 and the research carried out in 2010/2011. The results allowed us to identify the most discussed topics and burdens of doing business in tourism and hospitality in Slovakia.

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The Impact of Conflict Management on Organizational Culture in Family Business

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Królik R.

Journal of Intercultural Management

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2014

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vol. 6

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issue 4-2

25-34

EN

In the article there is presented the connection between the strategy of conflict management and the level of organizational culture in the family business. There was put forward the argument to formalize the family and business relationships by implementing the internal constitution, which helps to manage conflict management effectively. Particularly, it allows to reduce the movement of conflicts between the enterprise and the family by means of the improvement in, among others, the internal communication

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Research on family businesses in Poland

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Wróblewska-Kazakin A.

Journal of Intercultural Management

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2014

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vol. 6

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issue 2

63-72

EN

The purpose of this article is to present the research on family businesses in Poland commissioned by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development. The study allowed for estimating the share of family businesses in the MSME sector and for identifying the differences in the functioning of family and non-family businesses in the Polish economy. Training and advisory services designed for family businesses thanks to the study resulted in development of tools specifically adjusted to the features of this group of enterprises, supporting their organizational, financial and legal aspects. The article also discusses two innovative tools developed as part of the Przewodnik po sukcesji [A Guide on Succession] and Kody wartości [Codes of Values] projects, allowing for independent completion of a succession process.

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Tlach und Keil. Kapitola z historie slezské rodinné firmy éry industrializace (1809-1918)

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Myška M.

Hospodářské dějiny (Economic History)

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2011

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vol. 26

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issue 1

68-90

EN

The study focuses on the characteristic features of the history of the Silesian company “Tlach und Keil”, which was established in Opava (Troppau) in 1809 as a family business by the Prussian-Silesian merchants Vinzenz Tlach and Vinzenz Keil, both originally from Ratibor (now Racibórz). The author traces over a hundred years of the company’s history, which began as a small-scale ironworking operation (Ondřejovice, Endersdorf) and became the first producer in the Habsburg monarchy to introduce technology for rolling iron, copper, zinc and galvanized sheet metal (1821). Having achieved considerable success with this type of production, the firm was transformed by its third generation of owners into two joint-stock companies (‘Mährisch-schlesische Aktien-Gesellschaft für Drahtindustrie’ and ‘Aktiengesellschaft der österreichisch-ungarischen Zinkwalzwerke’). The article traces the changing business strategies and mentalities of three generations of the family: the first generation was still strongly influenced by the value systems and principles of traditional family businesses, and it was not until the second and third generations that the company began to orient itself¨ towards the principles of the capitalist market economy based on competition. These aspects of the company are compared with generally formulated and widely accepted observations on the characteristic features of family businesses (J. Kocka and others).

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Current and future challenges of family businesses

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Hastenteufel J., Staub M.

Managerial Economics

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2019

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vol. 20

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issue 2

119-132

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Family businesses are an important part of every economy. They are characterized by long traditions that combine aspects such as trust and reliability, as well as by features such as innovativeness, foresight, long-term focus and flexibility. Both family businesses and the entrepreneurial families themselves do have some weaknesses and face current challenges like digitization, internationalization and demographic change. These issues must be kept in mind in order to constantly develop appropriate solutions that will help them survive and thrive in the market. Moreover, the high relevance of the family in a family business is associated with opportunities – for example, when a family strategy with clear values, roles and goals is defined, and a socalled family business governance is developed.

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Ownership Structure, Firm Value and Investment Opportunities Set: Evidence from Mexican Firms

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San Martin-Reyna J. M., Durán-Encalada J. A.

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation

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2012

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vol. 8

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issue 3

35-57

EN

This paper analyses the influence of ownership, board of directors, and financial leverage on companies’ performance when these either face, or do not face, profitable growth opportunities. Towards that end we examined a sample of 83 listed Mexican firms during the period 2005-2011. The results confirm the relevance of debt and board of directors in terms of firm market value by showing a negative relationship between performance and both, board of directors and leverage, in the presence of growth opportunities. In contrast, the relationship between debt and performance becomes positive when firms have no profitable investment projects. The results also demonstrate that the relevance of controlling shareholders on firm value is different when firms have or not growth opportunities. Therefore, our results show that ownership structure, composition and size of board and the level of leverage play a dual role on performance (increase or decrease the firm value) and determinewhether the firms have profitable investment projects.

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Refreshing Typologies Based on Family Firms’ Goals: The Perspective of “First-Generation Enterprises”

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Węcławski J., Żukowska B.

Central European Management Journal

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2019

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vol. 27(3)

128-146

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Purpose: The study aims to build a typology of family businesses with relatively short experience in the free-market economy. The typology is based on the goal preferences of the family businesses. Methodology: The research is based on empirical data from Polish medium-sized and large enter prises, collected in 2014. Using cluster analysis and variance analysis, we identified four types of family enterprises based on their goal perceptions and tested the differences among them. Results: The article distinguishes and characterizes four types of family enterprises: “business first, family second,” “only business,” “immature,” and “family first, business second.” Originality/value: The proposed typology is similar to that presented in the subject literature. Nevertheless, our contribution resides in the discovery that even if family and business goals are integrated in the enterprise, one of the systems will be dominant. Moreover, enterprises that only prioritize family goals were absent in the explored data set.

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Are Family Businesses Long-Lived?

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Węcławski J.

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio H – Oeconomia

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2022

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vol. 56

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issue 1

107-118

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Theoretical background: Striving to maintain family ownership of the enterprise and to perform its succession is one of the main characteristics of this types of business entities Sustainability of family businesses fosters economic stability, intergenerational transfer of systems of family values and building a brand. However, implementing a strategy of development and expansion necessitates financing with external equity as well as professional management with the involvement of external managers, which leads to weakening or losing control of the family over the enterprise.Purpose of the article: The study aims to increase the knowledge on the family business’s age with taking into account the inflence that external factors as well as social and economic environment have on it.Research methods: The analysis of subject literature on family entrepreneurship and statistical data including international comparisons were applied.Main conclusions: A fairly common perception of family businesses as firms with long traditions is not fully appropriate. Within this groups, the most frequently quoted examples of family businesses existing for years are exceptional. A family nature that stabilises the existence of the firm gets weaker along with the intergeneration transfer of the ownership. Longevity occurs in small and medium enterprises, while large and professionalized ones lose their family nature preserving “familiness” as a brand along with their development.

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Succession as a sustainability factor of family business in Slovakia

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Lušňáková Z., Juríčková Z., Šajbidorová M., Lenčéšová S.

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

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2019

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vol. 14

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issue 3

503-520

EN

Research background: The success of family businesses abroad is not measured by profit, but is judged by the number of generations that have successfully mastered the succession process. This is why family businesses in Slovakia should also focus on long-term existence. Succession in a family business must be prepared with sufficient time in advance, as this is one of the most risky moments of its future. Purpose of the article: Successful management of the succession process in family businesses requires several years of preparation in different areas. The aim of this paper is to assess the readiness of Slovak family companies to owner generational change in application of selected factors in ensuring the smooth transmission of family businesses to the younger generation. Methods: The method of research was a questionnaire based on a 5-degree Likert scale, where the respondents expressed the degree of their agreement or disagreement with the particular statement. The questionnaire was filled by sample of 412 respondents ? 206 family business owners and their 206 successors (son/ daughter). The statistical relations and correlations between variables were performed by Cronbach alpha, Spearman test, Kruskal-Walis test using EXCEL and SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1. programs. Findings & Value added: Slovak family companies have already passed or they are in the process of preparing or implementing the first generational change. We cannot be compared yet with family companies in Germany, USA or the Nether-lands because these firms are in the process of the fourth generation change in the ownership. The added value of this paper is the identification of deficiencies and reserves that prolong or expel the process of successful company transfer to a young generation. It is related to human capital ? the professional competence of the successor and the willingness of the founder to leave, the absence of important business documents, or the effort to cope with the process itself.

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Problem kolizji przepisów k.c. i k.r.o. w sprawie przynależności przedsiębiorstwa nabytego przez małżonków za środki mieszane

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Łukasiewicz J. M.

Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne

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2015

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vol. XIII

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issue 4

137-151

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The aim of this article is to answer the question concerning the matter of company affiliation which is acquired from a third party by one of the spouses for mixed funds. This case concerns the acquisition of a company partly for private (personal property) and for joint funds. This publication shows not only previously presented concepts regarding the aforementioned matter, but also the author’s private opinion.

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Examining cross-cultural validity of the socio-emotional wealth (sew) construct: Case of Maroccan family firms

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Mohammed K., Hourmatallah H.

Myśl Ekonomiczna i Polityczna

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2021

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issue 1(71)

100-123

EN

The concept of socio-emotional wealth (SEW) is gaining popularity among the scientific community as the potential dominant paradigm in the family business domain. However this ‘’new homegrown’’ theoretical approach still holds several ambiguities that need addressing, for instance, the absence of clear consensual measures, uncertainty regarding the cross-cultural validity of the SEW perspective, and so forth. Nevertheless, this paper represents multiple case study research that seeks to verify the validity of the SEW approach in the context of Morocco. The results obtained reflect various contextual particularities that will contribute to the improvement and the advancement of the socio-emotional wealth paradigm.

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Reprodukcja klas posiadających a przekształcenia rynku

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Trembaczowski Ł.

Górnośląskie Studia Socjologiczne. Seria Nowa

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2020

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vol. 11

38-53

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The article is devoted to the problem of succession in family business in the perspective of class positions’ reproduction. The analysis of succession is carried out with reference to Pierre Bourdieu’s theory, particularly in relation to reconstruction entrepreneurs’ class position withingradationally-relational model of social structure, description of economic field transformation and role played by entrepreneurs in that process, analysis of modal trajectories of entering the economic field and to strategies and forms of capitals reconversion. Transfer of capitals was entangled within model of transmission of knowledge, power and ownership in family enterprises. Succession next to starting own enterprise must be seen as one of dominant strategies for social position reproduction within a possessing class fraction. Those two ideal-type strategies can be mixed in practice of position reproduction and lead to hybridized forms of family business and new enterprise. Class position reproduction however, can lead also outside possessing class fraction to those richer in cultural rather than economic capital. Analysis of succession cannot therefore be limited to family business only but must be considered with reference to wider context of reproduction of social structure.

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Familism as a Context for Entrepreneurship in Northern Italy

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Ghezzi S.

Human Affairs

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2015

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vol. 25

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issue 1

58-70

EN

It would appear that the two simple dichotomies concerning the topics discussed in this article have been rejected in the last thirty years. The first is the assumption that preindustrial households were units of production, while industrial (urbanized and nuclear) households are mainly units of consumption. The second is the idea that the family enterprise, wrongly assumed to be an anachronistic form of the organization of production, should have played a marginal role in modern capitalism. The first dichotomy is briefly discussed by considering Parsonian and Weberian approaches that supported this view and its critique; the second is analyzed by looking at the shifting notion of industrial capitalism, from mass production to a less standardized and more flexible way of producing commodities in small firms. It will be argued that familism can still be regarded as a useful concept if deprived of its ideological connotation that can be traced back to Banfield’s questionable definition dating from the 1950s. Familism is the “missing link” between entrepreneurship and family enterprise. A case study in support of this view is presented by drawing on fieldwork research carried out in the Italian region of Lombardy.

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Tax risks sources and consequences as a part of intercultural management at family companies

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Walicka M.

Journal of Intercultural Management

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2014

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vol. 6

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issue 4-1

191-201

EN

One of the factors determining competitiveness of the companies is an appropriate environment for running a business. Such an environment is a tax system in which companies functioning. On the one hand, it creates many possibilities of tax optimization but on the other hand exposes to a tax risk. An analysis of risk sources and effects of exhibition to tax risk was carried out in this article in the context of intercultural management. Research was conducted using 4 case studies approach and focus group interview method to develop preposition. The purpose of this study was to indicate the tax strategies that are possible to apply in family business, which will cause limitation of tax risk, as well as minimization of tax burdens.

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Eco-design as a strategic way to competitiveness in global markets for furniture family-owned MSMEs

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Olkowicz M., Grzegorzewska E.

Journal of Intercultural Management

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2014

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vol. 6

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issue 4-1

203-214

EN

The furniture industry is a traditional Polish industry branch where the vast majority of firms are exactly MSMEs. Moreover the majority of them are family firms1. Their owners and managers with limited marketing budgets, more than large one, need a clear set of guidelines to compete in the global market. Environmental impacts for furniture are minor during use, and more associated with production and disposal. This paper demonstrates that using a method of eco-design and implementing ecoinnovation within the framework of a new product strategy can be successful, even though resources are limited. For the purpose of present the possible opportunities and barriers of eco-design implementation the literature study was conducted. According to the results growing concern about the environmental effects derived from furniture production and products use as well as on how they are disposed of at the end of their life cycle may in some degree determine the company market position. To compete successfully on global markets furniture family-owned MSMEs should take intent steps, and eco-trends indicate not only the most popular, but also desired by consumers direction.

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Family Involvement in the Firm and Exports in the Family SME: Is the Manager’s International Orientation Influential?

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Basly S.

Journal of Intercultural Management

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2015

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vol. 7

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issue 3

69-99

EN

Does the family involvement affect exports in the family firm? The literature seems to support this view even if the direction and magnitude of this impact remains controversial. Drawing on the perspectives of agency [Chrisman et al. 2004; Schulze et al. 2001] and stewardship as applied to family firms [Davis, Schoorman and Donaldson 1997] and also on socio-emotional wealth perspective [Gómez-Mejía et al. 2007], this study seeks to contribute to this debate by studying the influence of family involvement on the SME exports intensity. To reconcile the divergent views, our research attempts to assess the role of the manager’s international orientation as a variable moderating the relationship between family involvement and exports in SMEs. Based on a hypothetical-deductive approach, the study uses a sample data of 125 family SMEs obtained through a questionnaire. The results show that even if the positive influence of the manager’s international orientation is corroborated, its moderating role seems to be limited to only one facet of the construct of family involvement i.e. involvement in management. Moreover, owning-family involvement in management seems to negatively influence exports while some results argue for a positive effect of the family involvement in ownership on exports.

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Problemy zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi w polskich, małych firmach rodzinnych

Bariery rozwoju firm rodzinnych w Polsce

A Research Proposal to Examine Entrepreneurship in Family Business

Are There Important Differences in Success and in Organizational Culture between Family Companies in Production and Service Sector in Slovenia?

The Main Burdens of Doing Business Perceived by Family-Owned Hospitality Enterprises in Slovakia

The Impact of Conflict Management on Organizational Culture in Family Business