As empresas familiares formam a base econômica que sustenta o processo de criação de bens e serviços na Serra Gaúcha, região nordeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil. Nesse sentido, a concorrência em todos os segmentos e a globalização da economia tem exigido dessas empresas um nível de profissionalização cada vez maior. Além desse desafio, as empresas familiares enfrentam dificuldades internas, por exemplo, problemas em distinguir as esferas família, propriedade e empresa. Assim sendo, faz-se necessário que as empresas familiares planejem sua continuidade no mercado, desenvolvendo e gerenciando o processo de sucessão para as gerações futuras e sua própria sustentabilidade. No intuito de verificar como as empresas familiares tratam e gerenciam esse assunto, este trabalho teve o objetivo de diagnosticar o estágio de maturidade do processo de sucessão nas empresas familiares da Serra Gaúcha a fim de oferecer diretrizes estratégicas para a transmissão do comando empresarial e para a continuidade do negócio. Para isso, foram realizados estudos de casos em seis empresas familiares desta região, a partir da realização de entrevistas com os sucessores e, mediante a análise de conteúdo das respostas dos mesmos, foi verificado o nível de maturidade do processo de sucessão em empresas familiares da Serra Gaúcha, em consonância com o referencial teórico utilizado. / Family businesses form the economic base that sustains the process of creating goods and services in the Serra Gaúcha, northeast of Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil. In this sense, competition in all segments and the globalization of the economy has required of these companies a level of increasing professionalism. In addition to this challenge, family businesses face internal difficulties, e.g., problems in distinguishing the family, property and business spheres. Therefore, it is necessary for companies to plan their family continuity in the market, developing and managing the succession process for future generations and their own sustainability. In order to see how family businesses manage and deal with this issue, this paper aims to diagnose the stage of maturity of the succession process in family firms of the Serra Gaúcha to provide strategic guidelines for the transfer of corporate control and the business continuity. For this, case studies will be conducted in six family businesses in this region, based on interviews with the successors and, through content analysis of responses to them, will be checked the level of maturity of the succession process in family businesses of this region, in line with the theoretical analysis.

Teoretical aspects of family business. Analyse of historic roots of family business. Possible development of family business in the Czech republic. Family wars and conflicts in family business. Situation analyses of three particular family firms in the region of West Bohemia and conception of their development.

This thesis is about investment of a family business. It is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part describes aquisitions, investments, financial stability, strategy and growing rate. Practical part analizes small family business and its financial situation considering evaluation of investments based on net present value.

This thesis focuses on the Internet shop in family business. In the first part the terms Internet shop and family business are specified. Its formation, development, advantages and disadvantages are defined, as well as the usage of Internet in marketing and the factors of success and problems connected with family business. The second part describes in detail chosen areas of the company Ryor -- the environment of its e-shop, advertising and distribution of products. This part gives a description of functioning mentioned areas. The real state is confronted with technical literature. On the basis of that, shortcomings are got. Moreover, suggestions for better functioning of chosen areas are formed. The second part of thesis also includes SWOT analysis of e-shop, analysis of competitors and questionnaire survey about customer's satisfaction with areas that the thesis explores.

The intention of this thesis is to analyse case studies and identify factors of successful succession in Czech family owned businesses (FOB). The work is divided into five chapters. The first chapter is devoted to the subject and objective of my thesis. Second one deals with theoretical background of entrepreneurship, history of entrepreneurship in Czech Republic and last but not least with theoretical background of FOB. The third chapter is an analysis of researches about succession in FOB made in Czech Republic and also in other parts of world. The fourth chapter focuses on research about succession practices in Czech FOB itself. The fifth chapter identifies key factors of successful succession. Key words:

The management of work-family conflict is an important aspect within the context of family firms. Managing work and family domains successfully are often known to be an issue for members of family firms and may result in negative outcomes affecting both individuals and organisations. Organisational cultures supporting individuals in managing work and family domains is believed to reduce the level of work-family conflict and constitutes the focus of this study. Historically, most of the scholarly contributions within the field of work-family conflict and organisational culture are within a non-family firm context. This thesis contributed to current literature with in-depth insights on the family business concepts by relating it with work-family conflicts. Family firms possess unique characteristics that are different from non-family firms, making the management of work-family conflict more difficult. The study shows that the relationships between the components of supportive work-family culture and work-family conflict are factors that impede individuals’ ability to manage multiple roles satisfactorily. The findings of this study could be used to contribute understanding  in future research within the field of family firms and in connection to the management of work-family conflicts.

The objective of financial reporting has mainly been discussed in the accounting literature with reference to the stewardship/accountability and decision-usefulness perspective. The latter objective is emphasised by standard setters, but the accounting literature argues for a stronger emphasis on the stewardship/accountability perspective. The discussion surrounding the objective is largely conducted with large public companies as a foundation. Thus, the thesis aims to explore the function of financial reporting in small private family businesses as they account for a large amount of the existing corporations. The study relies on a qualitative method with semi-structured interviews and a document study on the financial reports to fulfil the purpose of the study. The study shows that the function of financial reporting is revolved around evaluating firm performance and using the financial report as a communication tool to external users. The findings indicate tendencies of the decision-usefulness, but the stewardship/accountability objective is more apparent. Also, the concept of socioemotional wealth appears to be related to the stewardship/accountability objective and the function of financial reporting.

Master thesis is about strategic development of family-owned company Trojkámen s.r.o, which provides accommodation and restaurant services. Based on analyses of current situation of family-owned company, outer environment, strategy and vision of family, I will suggest options for future development of the family company.

This diploma thesis deals with a proposed development strategy for the family business Vinařství Hrozínek s.r.o. The first part of the work is devoted to the definition of relevant theoretical concepts. The second part deals with an analysis of the current state of the family winery and finally, based on the analysis, a draft strategy for the business development is proposed.

The diploma thesis is focused on the proposal of strategic development of the small family winery Stavek located in South Moravia. The theoretical part defines the fundamentals necessary for better understanding the issues of the development and growth of the company. The current situation of the company is evaluated in the analytical part by using selected analytical methods. This evaluation will serve as a basis for deciding on the next strategic directions. The most suitable development strategy is specified in the design part of this thesis and includes schedule of changes for the near future.