The success of the local development experiences after the 1980s is associated with the non-economic components as well as the economic ones in the contemporary development literature. Most apparently, the literature seems to be intensified on the local institutions and on the local social interaction which creates reciprocal cooperative trust relations. These socially constructed local institutions refer to the local rules, routines and patterns having been directly influencing the relation among the local actors of development. They are also seen to be the organizational actors of development being responsible for the social inheritance of traditional and even tacit local knowledge and facilitating the adaptation of other local actors to the changing supra local networks. In many cases, however, the age groups dominating these successful development experiences have come to the edge of or already exceeded the age limits of active workforce cohorts currently. The coming decade, therefore, indicates a succession period from these generations leading to the emergence of successful development experiences to their successors. This period is identified in this study as the generational transition. This concept represents a newly emerging field of contradiction and this study analyses and conceptualizes the influences of generational transition on the local pathways of development both in terms of the tensions between diverse generations, and in context of tensions between the institutions and successor generations and among the institutions being socially constructed by diverse generations. These tensions are analyzed in this study through the Kayseri experience which has created a successful local development practice after the 1980s by focusing the generational transformation of both the local development path and the socio-spatial patterns of the town. This analysis indicates three vitally important outcomes of generational transition. Firstly, the local socio-spatial institutions have a crucial importance in the social inheritance of the traditional local knowledge and they have been transformed by the influences of generational transition. Secondly, it is found that the economic organizations have been transformed generationally in tune with the generational transition. And finally it is found that the generational transition has directly been influencing the local development path by destroying or changing some institutions and by creating some new ones.

The purpose of this study is to establish the psychometric five-dimension model proposed by Berrone, Cruz, & Gomez-Mejia (2012) with the objective of investigating the effect of SEW (Socioemotional Welath) in strategic choices made by family firms towards M&A decisions, specifically selling decisions. Studying SEW among different family firms and its implications on their M&A decisions will contribute to literature on SEW and M&A's involving family firms.

Las empresas familiares son un fenómeno mundial de gran trascendencia por el elevado número de ellas, no obstante se ven agobiadas por el problema de la transición generacional que, en muchas ocaciones, marca el inicio del fin de la empresa familiar. El derecho peruano ha desatendido hasta ahora el presente tema; sin embargo, en otros países se aprecia la atención que se le ofrece desde la perspectiva jurídica, por ejemplo a través del protocolo familiar, un instrumento contractual que favorece a la gestión de las empresas familiares. / The family enterprises are a world phenomenon of great transcendency for the hight number of them, nevertheless they meet overwhelmed by the problem of the generational transition that, in many occasions, it marks the beginning of the end of the family enterprise

Mer än 300 000 enskilda skogsägare äger tillsammans 48% av den produktiva skogsmarken i Sverige. Många värdesätter att fastigheten överlåts till kommande generationer inom familjen. Vind- och solkraftsproduktion blir allt vanligare och ger ekonomisk kompensation till markägaren. För att möta efterfrågan på klimatsmart el kommer sannolikt markupplåtelse för ändamålet öka, och förändrade förutsättningar på fastigheten kan påverka generationsskiftet. Studier visar att närliggande vind- och solcellsanläggningar sänker huspriser, men det saknas studier med fokus på markägar- och överlåtelseperspektivet samt intrångsersättningen som upplåtelsen innebär. Studien genomfördes som en kvalitativ intervjustudie i syfte att undersöka hur markupplåtelse till vind- och solkraft påverkar fastighetens marknadsvärde samt hur det påverkar generationsskiftet. Resultatet visade att markupplåtelsen genererar intäkter som ur ett strikt ekonomiskt perspektiv ökar fastighetsvärdet och därmed kan bli utmanande då den övertagande parten kan få svårare att finansiera generationsskiftet. Västerbotten är en av de ledande regionerna inom vindkraftsproduktion och utgjorde studiens geografiska fokusområde.

Thesis (Ph.D. (Industrial Sociology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Thesis (Ph.D. (Industrial Sociology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Thesis (Ph.D. (Industrial Sociology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.