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Mississippi State University

Theses/Dissertations

2009

Culture

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A Cultural Perspective On The Impact Of Family And Society On The Competitive Advantage Of Organizations And Nations, Sami Abdallah Alwuhaibi May 2009

A Cultural Perspective On The Impact Of Family And Society On The Competitive Advantage Of Organizations And Nations, Sami Abdallah Alwuhaibi

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This dissertation is interested in explaining how and why the culture of family and society impacts the competitive advantage of organizations and nations. Central to such an explanation is the development of a theory of the family firm because that theory is a potential link between the four distinct systems, the family, organization, nation, and society. This dissertation consists of four essays, three theoretical and one empirical. The first essay is theoretical; it argues that the formation of family and nonamily firms depends on the family culture of the firm’s founders. The essay distinguishes between two family cultures: one supports …