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Socioemotional Wealth across the Family Firm Life Cycle: A Commentary on “Family Business Survival and the Role of Boardsâ€

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  • Isabelle Le Breton–Miller
  • Danny Miller

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The differences among family firms can be as telling as their overall distinctiveness from other forms of enterprise. In order to advance and condition the arguments of Wilson, Wright, and Scholes, we employ a typology of family firm evolutionary development to illustrate how changes in patterns of family involvement in the business can influence several socioemotional wealth priorities and how these in turn can shape the board composition required to enhance firm survival. We conclude by arguing how public listing and environmental competitive circumstances can condition these relationships.

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  • Isabelle Le Breton–Miller & Danny Miller, 2013. "Socioemotional Wealth across the Family Firm Life Cycle: A Commentary on “Family Business Survival and the Role of Boardsâ€," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 37(6), pages 1391-1397, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:entthe:v:37:y:2013:i:6:p:1391-1397
    DOI: 10.1111/etap.12072
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    1. Danny Miller & Peter H. Friesen, 1984. "A Longitudinal Study of the Corporate Life Cycle," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 30(10), pages 1161-1183, October.
    2. Nick Wilson & Mike Wright & Louise Scholes, 2013. "Family Business Survival and the Role of Boards," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 37(6), pages 1369-1389, November.
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