Factors Influencing Growth of Family Businesses in Jordan: A Comparative Study of Founders’ and Successors’ Perspectives

Scholars are highly concerned with studying many affairs related to family firms. This dissertation aims to explore the different perceptions held by founders and successors as to the factors influencing the growth of a family business. It is very important for family members to understand the effec...

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Main Author: Mohmad, Abdin
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27276/
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description Scholars are highly concerned with studying many affairs related to family firms. This dissertation aims to explore the different perceptions held by founders and successors as to the factors influencing the growth of a family business. It is very important for family members to understand the effect of different factors on the growth and survival of their firms. The factors are explored from diversified sectors and multigenerational members. It will discuss and analyze those factors and perceptions from the standpoint of family firms in Jordan. The factors affecting firm growth will be thoroughly examined through the analysis of a set of interviews conducted with a host of founders and successors. Key words: Family business, succession, founders, successors, entrepreneurship, growth, development, survival, factors of growth and perceptions of founders and successors.
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spelling nottingham-272762017-10-19T21:50:11Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27276/ Factors Influencing Growth of Family Businesses in Jordan: A Comparative Study of Founders’ and Successors’ Perspectives Mohmad, Abdin Scholars are highly concerned with studying many affairs related to family firms. This dissertation aims to explore the different perceptions held by founders and successors as to the factors influencing the growth of a family business. It is very important for family members to understand the effect of different factors on the growth and survival of their firms. The factors are explored from diversified sectors and multigenerational members. It will discuss and analyze those factors and perceptions from the standpoint of family firms in Jordan. The factors affecting firm growth will be thoroughly examined through the analysis of a set of interviews conducted with a host of founders and successors. Key words: Family business, succession, founders, successors, entrepreneurship, growth, development, survival, factors of growth and perceptions of founders and successors. 2014-09-14 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27276/1/The_submitted_copy_%28final_draft%29.pdf Mohmad, Abdin (2014) Factors Influencing Growth of Family Businesses in Jordan: A Comparative Study of Founders’ and Successors’ Perspectives. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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Factors Influencing Growth of Family Businesses in Jordan: A Comparative Study of Founders’ and Successors’ Perspectives
title Factors Influencing Growth of Family Businesses in Jordan: A Comparative Study of Founders’ and Successors’ Perspectives
title_full Factors Influencing Growth of Family Businesses in Jordan: A Comparative Study of Founders’ and Successors’ Perspectives
title_fullStr Factors Influencing Growth of Family Businesses in Jordan: A Comparative Study of Founders’ and Successors’ Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Factors Influencing Growth of Family Businesses in Jordan: A Comparative Study of Founders’ and Successors’ Perspectives
title_short Factors Influencing Growth of Family Businesses in Jordan: A Comparative Study of Founders’ and Successors’ Perspectives
title_sort factors influencing growth of family businesses in jordan: a comparative study of founders’ and successors’ perspectives
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27276/