Food for thought: Family Entrepreneurship in four questions

Kathleen Randerson

doi:10.18543/bee.2752

Kathleen Randerson Audencia Business School, France https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7949-8678

Palabras clave: Emprendimiento Familiar, Empresa Familiar, conductas emprendedoras, composición familiar

Resumen

El emprendimiento familiar es un campo de estudio en crecimiento. El propósito de este ensayo es transmitir el impulso a académicos, profesionales y la sociedad. El ensayo se estructura en torno a cuatro preguntas que invitan a la reflexión: ¿quién es la familia?, ¿qué papel juegan los valores?, ¿qué es el espíritu empresarial? y ¿por qué la situación de la familia empresaria y la empresa familiar es tan complicada? Estas preguntas y los elementos de respuesta ofrecidos conducen a una comprensión más amplia y profunda del Emprendimiento Familiar a nivel individual, familiar y empresarial familiar. Las contribuciones a la teoría son dobles. En primer lugar, este ensayo subraya la necesidad de una comprensión y acción contextualizadas y proporciona marcos para llevarlas a cabo. En segundo lugar, arroja luz sobre los daños ocasionados al centrarse en la corriente principal y las generalizaciones al desentrañar aspectos importantes hasta ahora ignorados. Las contribuciones a la práctica se refieren a una comprensión más amplia y profunda del Emprendimiento Familiar, reconociendo y apoyando comportamientos adaptados a la situación como emprendedores, y ampliando los resultados identificados de estos comportamientos. Las contribuciones a la sociedad están vinculadas al predominio de las familias empresarias y las empresas familiares en las economías y sociedades de todo el mundo. Usando este peso para el impacto social, el Emprendimiento Familiar puede ser un faro para la transición hacia economías y sociedades más colaborativas, justas y sobrias.

Recibido: 26 de abril de 2023
Aceptado: 05 de octubre de 2023

Biografía del autor/a

Kathleen Randerson, Audencia Business School, France

Associate Professor at Audencia (France). She holds her PhD from the University of Grenoble. Her research interests focus on entrepreneurial behaviors in different settings: organisational entrepreneurship, family entrepreneurship. She has published three books and many articles in journals such as Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavoir and Research, Futures, Technological Forecasting and Social Change. She served as Chair of the Communications Committee of the AoM and is currently VP France for the ECSB.

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