Dear colleagues,
please find below a CfP for the
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (IJEIM)
Special Issue on: "Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Family Businesses"
Paper Submission Deadline: 15 March, 2008
Guest Editors:
Timo Pihkala and Markku Ikävalko, Lappeenranta University of
Technology, Finland
Sascha Kraus, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria
The role of family businesses is gaining importance because of their
overall impact on society in generating economic wealth. However, the
value creation perspective has been largely lacking from the family
business research. The aim of this special issue is therefore to
target the dynamic side of the family businesses.
Some recent theoretical and conceptual developments within the family
business research support the view that it could be possible to
advance knowledge on the entrepreneurial processes within family
businesses. From the point of view of long-term survival, the family
forms a special resource in the company, the ?familyness? (Habbershon
& Williams, 1999). As an ongoing relationship, the family forms an
arena for carrying over the inherent and hidden knowledge of the
business and its operations. The notions on familyness and portfolio
entrepreneurship, among others, provide some guidance towards a more
dynamic perspective on the behaviour and management of family
businesses. Families and individual family members may have different
roles in regard to the business ? from investors to important actors.
Furthermore, the progress taking place in the theory of psychological
ownership seems promising in understanding the process of opportunity
recognition, innovation, growth and value creation. Family businesses
are dynamic systems filled with economic and non-economic goals both
at individual and collective levels. All this calls for new
perspectives and ideas in theory development and empirical research.
Therefore the specific purpose of this special issue is to encourage,
develop and publish excellent research that integrates dynamic aspects
of family businesses with regards to entrepreneurial behavior and
value creation.
Potential topics/questions suitable for review articles include but
are not limited are:
* Conceptual understanding of entrepreneurial family business
* Creation of value and growth of family businesses
* Opportunity recognition and innovation within family businesses
* Familyness as a ground for innovation and value creation
* Value creation perspectives in family business management
* Allocation and development of resources in family-owned
businesses portfolio
* Psychological ownership and opportunism within family businesses
* Entrepreneurship embedded in ownership discontinuities in
family businesses
* Family business life cycles and entrepreneurial behavior
* Management and control of differentiating goals in family businesses
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere
All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for
authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting
papers are available on the Author Guidelines page
You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an
e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:
Timo Pihkala and Markku Ikävalko
Lappeenranta University of Technology
School of Business
P.O.Box 20
53851 Lappeenranta
Finland
E-mail:
timo.Pihkala@lut.fi and
markku.ikavalko@lut.fi Sascha Kraus
Salzburg University of Applied Sciences
Professorship for Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship and Innovation
Urstein Süd 1
A-5412 Puch/Salzburg
Austria
E-mail:
sascha.kraus@wu-wien.ac.at with a copy to:
IEL Editorial Office
E-mail:
ijeim@inderscience.com
_________________________________________________
Dr. Sascha Kraus, MBA
Professorship for
Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship & Innovation
SALZBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Urstein Süd 1 | A-5412 Puch/Salzburg | Austria
phone: +43 (0)50/2211-1104 | fax: -1149
Associated Senior Researcher
VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS & BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
e-mail:
sascha.kraus@wu-wien.ac.at
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