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Family Involvement in Firm's Management and Productivity: an Empirical Evidence From Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This study aims to investigate the effect of family ownership on productivity, the difference on the productivity level between family managers and professional managers, and to evaluate whether family firm better to hire professional managers or family ...
Suyono, E. (Eko)
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Copper‐Based Crystalline‐Metallic Glass Composite Thin Films: A Novel Material with Enhanced Strength and Thermally Stable Nanotwins

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A Cu‐based crystal‐glass composite with high‐density twins is identified by a fast screening technique using combinatorial sputtering together with XRD and nanoindentation mapping. This bamboo‐like structure demonstrates homogenous plastic flow and retains high strength during in situ high temperature tests, up to 1 GPa at 550°C, owing to those ...
Chunhua Tian   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

When successor becomes the leader of international family business? – a case study from Poland

open access: yesInternational Entrepreneurship Review, 2018
Leadership succession is a significant challenge for all family businesses. Despite this many family businesses do not have clear plans nor systematic processes for implementation trans-generational change (Fang et al, 2015).
Alicja Hadryś-Nowak
doaj  

Networks of People in Specialty Production: Family Firms in the Iron and Steel Wire Industries in Spain (1870-2000) [PDF]

open access: yes
Capital intensive industries in specialized niches of production have constituted solid ground for family firms in Spain, as evidenced by the experience of the iron and steel wire industries between 1870 and 2000. The embeddedness of these firms in their
Paloma Fernandez Perez
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Amyloidogenic Peptide Fragments Designed From Bacterial Collagen‐like Proteins Form Hydrogel

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study identified amyloidogenic sequence motifs in bacterial collagen‐like proteins and exploited these to design peptides that self‐assemble into β‐sheet fibers and form hydrogels. One hydrogel supported healthy fibroblast growth, showing promise for biocompatible materials. Our work demonstrates that bacterial sequences can be harnessed to create
Vamika Sagar   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do political connections affect firm performance? Evidence from a family-firm-dominated country

open access: yesModern Finance
This study explores whether the family firms outperform nonfamily firms in Bangladesh. Secondly, we test whether family firms with political connections outperform non-connected family firms, given that more than 60 percent of Members of Parliament (MPs)
Muhammad Shahin Miah, Abdullah Al Mahmud
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring and Explaining Management Practices in Italy [PDF]

open access: yes
We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from more than 900 medium sized manufacturing firms across Europe and the US.
John Van Reenen   +2 more
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“Family” ownership, tunneling and earnings management: A review of the literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In this review article, we bring together a number of aspects of family firms that are ubiquitous in a number of institutional contexts, often as part of larger business groups.
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar, Gregoriou, Andros
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