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Meanderings of a Resurrected Psychologist or, Lessons Learned in Creating a Family Business Program

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  • Alan L. Carsrud

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What do entrepreneurs become when they have a long-term personal relationship, get married, and/or have children? Their businesses mature Into family firms. What do entrepreneurial study centers do when they realize the above? They see an opportunity to start a family business program. What do accounting and legal firms do to try to reach this market? They sponsor a program. What happens to a psychologist, turned entrepreneur professor, who becomes Involved in a family business program? He Is resurrected as a family business professional. The focus of this paper Is the lessons learned during the journey towards developing a unique family business program as part of an entrepreneurial studies center In a major research university.

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  • Alan L. Carsrud, 1994. "Meanderings of a Resurrected Psychologist or, Lessons Learned in Creating a Family Business Program," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 19(1), pages 39-48, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:entthe:v:19:y:1994:i:1:p:39-48
    DOI: 10.1177/104225879401900103
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    1. Dean A. Shepherd & Andrew Zacharakis, 2000. "Structuring Family Business Succession: An Analysis of the Future Leader's Decision Making," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 24(4), pages 25-39, July.
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    9. Reginald A. Litz, 1997. "The Family Firm's Exclusion from Business School Research: Explaining the Void; Addressing the Opportunity," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 21(3), pages 55-71, April.
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