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Intro -- Title Page -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Family Owned Business Defined -- Chapter 2 -- Family Owned Businesses - Facts and Characteristics -- 2.1. Family Owned Businesses Worldwide -- 2.2. Family Owned Businesses in the Middle East -- 2.3. Features of FOBs in the Middle East -- 2.4. Family Owned Businesses in GCC -- 2.5. Stages of FOB - Ownership and Common Issues -- Chapter 3 -- Challenges and Opportunities for FOBs -- 3.1. Challenges & -- opportunities for FOBs in GCC -- 3.2. SWOT ANALYSIS -- 3.3. Opportunities and Challenges for FOBs -- 3.4. Important Issues for Improving the CG policies for FOBs -- 3.5. Specific Suggestions for Enhancing CG Practices within FOBs -- 3.6. Family Businesses vis-à-vis Non Family Businesses -- 3.7. Family Governance Structure -- Chapter 4 -- Corporate Governance for FOBs -- 4.1. Benefits to FOBs -- 4.2. Benefits of CG to the Country -- 4.3. Importance of a CG code -- 4.4. Corporate Governance Code -- 4.5. Shareholders -- 4.6. Control aspects -- 4.7. External Audit -- 4.8. Disclosure and Transparency -- 4.9. Code of Conduct -- 4.10. Internal Audit -- 4.11. Enterprise Risk Management ("ERM") -- 4.12. Policies supporting CG Practices -- 4.13. Family Advisory Board -- Chapter 5 -- Family Constitution -- 5.1. Why Family Constitution -- 5.2. How A Constitution Is Prepared -- 5.3. Definition and Purpose -- 5.4. Constitution Contents -- Chapter 6 -- Going Public Option - Is it a solution or a problem? -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Prerequisites for going public -- 6.3. Advantages -- 6.4. Disadvantages -- 6.5. Steps to be taken to prepare for going public -- 6.6. Going Public Plan -- 6.7. Examples of MENA "FOBs" that have gone public -- Chapter 7 -- Corporate Social Responsibility -- 8.1. Clarity of Purpose -- 8.2. Formation -- 8.3. Target stakeholders -- 8.4. Interest Groups' Role.

This engaging book fills a substantial gap in the understanding of Caribbean enterprises, focusing upon FOBs (family-owned businesses) about which, despite accounting for 70% of private sector employment in the region, very little is known. Concentrating on MSMEs which represent the majority of FOBs in the English-speaking Caribbean, the authors compare and contrast their experiences to those in developed countries, focusing in particular on areas such as family business succession, business financing and marketing. Understanding the Caribbean Enterprise provides context-specific lessons from a historical perspective of business and entrepreneurship, which in turn provide an understanding of the current issues facing MSMEs and FOBs in the English-speaking Caribbean.

A thorough explanation of how family enterprises work The family enterprise, whether an operating business, a family office, or both, is the backbone of the US and international economies. These enterprises cut across industries and geographies and can be first-generation entrepreneurial companies or multi-generational businesses with family offices. This book offers a foundation in and understanding of how family enterprises work, including working definitions and the key characteristics of family enterprises, as well as useful concepts for working with and in family enterprises, eit

Conservative estimates put the proportion of worldwide business enterprises owned or managed by families at 65%. The importance of family businesses to the economies of both developed and developing countries cannot be ignored. Governance in Immigrant Family Businesses is an important book, it explores the relationship between ethnic cultural influence in family businesses and its impact on corporate governance, addressing the intertwined influences of contractual, relational and cultural governance mechanisms and sets out a comprehensive theoretical model which clarifies the complexities invol.

This insightful collection conveniently presents the most influential and frequently cited family business research articles. 'Must quote' papers on a broad range of topics, as well as a variety of methods are included and serve as a model for forthcoming work and a foundation for future theory. Complemented by the authors' comprehensive introduction, this volume is an essential reference tool for seasoned researchers, new students and those who work with family businesses

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 The Evolution of the Family Business Academic Field -- 2.2 The Definition of Family Firm -- 2.3 The Relevance of Family Businesses -- 3 Family Influence and Performance -- 3.1 Family Influence: F-PEC Dimensions -- 3.1.1 The Influence of the Family Through the Power Dimension -- 3.1.2 The Influence of the Family Through the Experience Dimension -- 3.1.3 The Influence of the Family Through the Culture Dimension -- 3.2 Family Firm Performance -- 3.2.1 The Relationship Between Ownership and Family Management: The Perspectives of Agency Theory and Stewardship Theory -- 3.2.1.1 The Agency Theory -- 3.2.1.2 The Stewardship Theory -- 3.2.2 Different Family Business Performance Dimensions -- 4 Research Hypotheses -- 4.1 Research Hypotheses Development -- 4.2 Theoretical Framework -- 5 Research Methodology -- 5.1 Sample -- 5.2 Data Collection -- 5.3 Variables -- 5.3.1 Dependent Variables: Economic and Noneconomic Performance -- 5.3.2 Independent Variables: Family Influence -- 5.3.2.1 Power Subscale -- 5.3.2.2 Experience Subscale -- 5.3.2.3 Culture Subscale -- 5.3.3 Mediating Variables: Stewardship Variables -- 5.3.4 Control Variables -- 5.4 Methods -- 6 Analyses and Discussion of Results -- 6.1 Characterization of the Sample -- 6.1.1 Location and Activity Sector -- 6.1.2 Firm Size -- 6.1.3 Ownership and Management Structure -- 6.1.4 Continuity and Leadership (Succession) -- 6.1.5 Profile of Respondents (Administrator/Manager) -- 6.2 Variable Measurement -- 6.2.1 Performance -- 6.2.2 Family Influence -- 6.2.3 Stewardship Behavior -- 6.3 Results of Multiple Linear Regression Models -- 6.3.1 Variables of the Regression Models -- 6.3.2 Validation of the Assumptions of Linear Regression Models.

Deals with the issue of entrepreneurship and family business. This title considers the issues, problems, contexts, or processes that make a family firm more entrepreneurial. It covers topics such as the emergence and growth of family businesses, and the use of entrepreneurial policies, practices and strategies by family firms.