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Spatial familiness: a bridge between family business and economic geography

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  • Basco, Rodrigo
  • Suwala, Lech

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There is both a practical and a scholarly need for the thorough examination of the nexus between family firms and economic spaces (e.g. locations, places, landscapes). The authors address this nexus through two approaches. First, they explore economic spaces’ effect on family firms by considering the influence different types of economic spaces have on firm behavior and firm performance. Second, they explore family firms’ effect on economic spaces by attempting to clarify the role family firms play in different economic spaces. The explores the peculiarities of family firms and their recursive relationships with economic spaces. The authors propose a journey that includes three avenues—macro-, meso-, and micro-foundations—to organize current debates on and to further our understanding of spatial familiness.

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  • Basco, Rodrigo & Suwala, Lech, 2020. "Spatial familiness: a bridge between family business and economic geography," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 185-212.
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    Family Firms; Regional Development; Regional Economics; Economic Geography; Regional Studies; Regional Science; Family Business Studies;
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    JEL classification:

    • R50 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - General
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • R2 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure

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