Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Are family firms more locally embedded than non-family firms?
IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy.
Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Economics. Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6947-3859
Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland.
2021 (English)In: Family business and regional development / [ed] R. Basco, R. Stough & L. Suwala, Abingdon: Routledge, 2021, p. 140-156Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Family firms are a keystone in many countries as they provide employment opportunities and help the economy grow and prosper. As a result, family firms have been extensively studied; however, there are important aspects that still need to be better understood. One of these is the relationship between family firms and the socio-spatial context in which they act, that is, their local embeddedness. This study adds to existing research by placing family firms in their regional context and assessing whether and to what extent they are more locally embedded than their non-family counterparts. We measure local embeddedness through place tenure and distance to the local firm for key firm stakeholders. Our findings show that family firms rely greatly on more enduring and spatially proximate stakeholders and therefore show a stronger link with the socio-economic milieu in which they dwell. Relevant contributions to family business and regional studies, together with public policy implications, are discussed.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Abingdon: Routledge, 2021. p. 140-156
Series
Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
National Category
Economics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-51223Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85104169509ISBN: 9780367178611 (print)ISBN: 9780429058097 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-51223DiVA, id: diva2:1509727
Available from: 2020-12-14 Created: 2020-12-14 Last updated: 2021-04-26Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

No full text in DiVA

Other links

ScopusFull-text

Authority records

Backman, Mikaela

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Backman, Mikaela
By organisation
JIBS, EconomicsJIBS, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE)
Economics

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar

isbn
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

isbn
urn-nbn
Total: 273 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf