Family Business
Overall aims of the Family Business Research team are to:
- Contribute to the understanding of the unique competitive advantages and weaknesses of family firms, such as family social capital and family conflicts, considering their unique goals.
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Explore the heterogeneity of family firms, including their innovation and strategic orientations, and explain the underlying mechanisms.
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Investigate the microfoundations of family firms, such as the interplay of individual psychological attributes and workplace conditions of family firm employees.
Main directions of the research:
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Conflicts and microprocesses in family firms
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Social capital and unique resources of family firms
- Innovation heterogeneity of family businesses
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Representatives of the research team
Jiří Hnilica
Department head
Ondřej Machek
Aleš Kubíček
Top publications of the team
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Stasa, M., & Machek, O. (2022). Social Capital in the Family Business Literature: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda. Family Business Review, 35(4), 415–441.
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Kubíček, A., & Machek, O. (2020). Intrafamily Conflicts in Family Businesses: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Agenda for Future Research. Family Business Review, 33(2), 194–227.
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Kubíček, A., & Machek, O. (2018). Gender-related factors in family business succession: a systematic literature review. Review of Managerial Science, 13(5), 963-1002.
Selected research projects
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Intrafamily Conflicts in Family Firms: Antecedents, Effects and Moderators (Czech Science Foundation Project No. GA20-04262S)
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Privately-held Firms with Multiple Owners: The Role of Family and Responsible Ownership (Czech Science Foundation Project No. 17-10948S)