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2012 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

11. Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Family Business

verfasst von : Maija Renko, Ayman El Tarabishy, Alan L. Carsrud, Malin Brännback

Erschienen in: Understanding Family Businesses

Verlag: Springer New York

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on a key interpersonal and organizational phenomenon in ­family businesses that has received only limited attention in previous literature: leadership. More specifically, our focus is on understanding the nature of entrepreneurial leadership in family firms. Family businesses face many unique challenges, and the leadership style of the key family members is central to overcoming many of these challenges. Particularly, family businesses benefit from having leaders with clear vision for the future of the business, leaders with an ability to challenge everyone in the organization to focus on recognizing new opportunities, and leaders who can themselves serve as role models in such opportunity recognition. These are essential elements in our conceptualization of entrepreneurial leadership.

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Metadaten
Titel
Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Family Business
verfasst von
Maija Renko
Ayman El Tarabishy
Alan L. Carsrud
Malin Brännback
Copyright-Jahr
2012
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0911-3_11

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