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Family-Owned Businesses: Determinants Of Business Success And Profitability, Jeffrey S. Wallace
Family-Owned Businesses: Determinants Of Business Success And Profitability, Jeffrey S. Wallace
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine many factors associated with family-owned businesses that lead to business success and profitability. The panel data used in this study came from the 1997 and 2000 waves of the National Family Business Study (NFBS). Many independent variables from the 1997 wave (e.g., age, gender, managerial activities, business size, home-based, business problems) were tested to predict business success and profitability (dependent variables), which were variables from the 2000 wave.
Some of the descriptive analyses indicated that, compared to female managers, male managers perceived less business success, participated more in managerial activities, managed older …
Meanings Transferred Through The Consumption Of Jewelry In Romania, Meagan Call
Meanings Transferred Through The Consumption Of Jewelry In Romania, Meagan Call
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
In the past decade, there has been a vast expansion and globalization of markets. This "globalization demands that consumer researchers have experience and knowledge about individual countries and international conditions" (Arnould et al, 2002). The globalization of consumer research "demands that...researchers have experience and knowledge about individual countries and international conditions...meaningful synthesis and comparison demands not just proficiency in statistical methods and languages but insights into cultural differences" (Arnould et al, 2002). What is important for marketers to understand is the relationship between culture and product meanings. One important area of meanings involves personal meanings such as those high involvement …