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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Governance in Small Family Firms : Laying the Groundwork in a Swedish Study

von Lüttichau, Max, Villmann, Chris January 2016 (has links)
The governance field is well studied. However, small family firms do not receive their fair amount of coverage, despite their importance. In this work the field of governance in small family firms is qualitatively explored, using a sample of eight Swedish firms with a total of ten interview partners. Using a Constructivist Grounded Theory, informed by previous literature, we find nine key themes characterizing governance in small family firms: (1) Ownership & Board, (2) Holding Company, (3) Advisor & External Help, (4) Responsibility, (5) Formality, (6) Informality, (7) Conflict, (8) Succession and (9) Discussion & Conversation. Our findings suggest that all small family businesses employ some form of governance, however, this is not always recognized as such in previous literature, showing that corporate governance is too narrowly defined. We also investigate why governance structures are (not) implemented and how this is done. In connection to this, we visualize the factors influencing whether or not a small family firm implements formal governance structures. Additionally, we discuss what actually makes a family firm small. We contribute by investigating governance concepts in another context, namely the one of small family businesses, and seeing to what extent they hold up. The work allows us to conclude that some findings confirm existing theory, while others question it or cannot be found therein at all.
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After the Ground Stopped Shaking: Socioemotional Wealth and Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery of Small Family Businesses

Adiguna, Rocky, Sharif, Abshir January 2013 (has links)
This study is the first to measure the interaction of socioemotional wealth (SEW) and social capital, consisting of community and institution, and their impact in post-disaster recovery of small family businesses. Hierarchical multiple regression is used based on a sample of 79 small family businesses in Indonesia. Our findings suggest that family firms in post-disaster situation are able to pursue both SEW goals and economic gains, thus breaking the trade-off between SEW vs. economic benefits. More specifically, we found that SEW—as a strategic decision making tool—shows its prominence on the interaction between SEW-community and SEW-institution. This implies that small family businesses need to find synergy between socioemotional endowments and social capital to help them to bounce back and recover after a disaster.
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Mandiocultura, produção do espaço e pequena produção familiar no município de Lagarto/SE

Souza, ítala Santana 23 September 2011 (has links)
This study examines the changes in/of the cassava culture in the city of Lagarto-SE, as well as its repercussions on the production of space and on the reproduction of the families which work with that activity. For this study achievement 70 questionnaires were applied, divided by the villages of Açu Velho, Açuzinho, Colônia Treze, Brasília and Boa Vista do Urubu, and secondary information gathering about the municipal livestock census and agricultural production regarding various years and also literature review on the theme. From an analysis based on the explanation of how the space is being produced by human actions and of how it constitutes a force field whose energy is the social dynamic, it was observed that the rural space in Lagarto city is marked by the contradictory insertion of money. However, in the reality of the villages which were visited it can be noticed, concomitantly to this fact, the progress of the production units based on family labor. In the study area, these units stand in cultivation, especially of cassava, a product that has been expanding for more than a decade at the detriment of other traditional cultures in the city, such as oranges and tobacco. Thus, it is considered that the money monopolizes the territory of Lagarto city and appropriates the family units surplus, redefining, from the production, both social and productive relations. On the other hand, the small family farmers look for some ways to stay in the field through diversification of production, from planting other crops such as acerola and passion fruit (products of easy acceptance on the market), from the sale of their temporary workforce either in or outside agriculture, a factor that confirms the strength of those beings in the creation and recreation regarding the forms of resistance on the soil. / Este estudo analisa as transformações da/na mandiocultura no município de Lagarto/Se e seus rebatimentos na produção do espaço e na reprodução das famílias que trabalham com essa atividade. Para a realização do estudo foram aplicados 70 questionários divididos por cinco povoados Açu Velho, Açuzinho, Colônia Treze, Brasília e Boa Vista do Urubu, coleta de informações secundárias de censos agropecuários e produções agrícolas municipais de variados anos e também revisão da literatura sobre o tema. A partir de uma análise fundamentada na explicação de como o espaço vai sendo produzido pelas ações humanas e de como este se constitui um campo de forças cuja energia é a dinâmica social, observou-se que o espaço rural lagartense encontra-se marcado pela inserção contraditória do capital. Entretanto, na realidade dos povoados visitados percebe-se, concomitantemente, o avanço das unidades produtivas com base no trabalho familiar. Na área de estudo, essas unidades resistem cultivando, sobretudo, a mandioca, produto que vem se expandindo há mais de uma década em detrimento de outras culturas tradicionais no município, como a laranja e o fumo. Desta forma, considera-se que o capital monopoliza o território lagartense ao apropriar-se do excedente das unidades familiares redefinindo desde a produção, até as relações sociais e de produção. Por sua vez, os pequenos produtores familiares procuram formas de permanência no campo através da diversificação da produção, plantando outras culturas, como a acerola e o maracujá (produtos de fácil aceitação no mercado) e da venda temporária de sua força de trabalho dentro ou fora da agricultura, fatores que confirmam a força destes sujeitos na criação e recriação de formas de resistência na terra.
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Os sentidos do auto-emprego nos pequenos negócios familiares geradores de renda

Rodrigues, Adriana Agnes Magalhães 10 November 2008 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T13:32:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Adriana Agnes Magalhaes Rodrigues.pdf: 956857 bytes, checksum: 3f7beae0c5e2a084d18d81912001ff61 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-10 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The present work consists in a qualitative study on common brazilian workers that, taken by the unemployment circumstances produced by productive restructuration, turned themselves into owners of small family businesses that generate income. It also can be described as a study on how different people build their daily survival, constituting themselves. It is a study which intends to clarify the way these people live and survive, mostly of them ruled by the state of poverty. From a discussion on the knowledge, the present study aimed at identifying the meanings of self-employment in small family businesses that generate income, found in the narratives of the study participants and in the field-theme. By field-theme, comprehending everything that refers to a subject, a debate without limits or boundaries. In this field emerged themes like: self-employment, microcredit, entrepreneurship, family businesses and popular economy, which together built a fruitful field of discussion and construction of knowledge. Oral history was used to include in the debate the knowledge and life experience of the five interviewees, whose narratives were submitted to the method of discourse analysis. The problems that conducted the study concern the possibility of an ecology of knowledge on the understanding of the meanings of family self-employment, analyzing ideological processes presents in the field and possibilities of emancipation. By ecology of knowledge, comprehending a system of knowledge from different origins, not just scientific, which coexist on the construction of a different society, its a term used by Boaventura de Souza Santos. The identification of the meanings of family self-employment by the voices of those present in the field allowed questioning the general notion linked to entrepreneurship. Concluding that the term entrepreneurship is used as a government strategy to keep the status quo and avoid social conflicts, by spreading that the solution for unemployment is to become an entrepreneur. This speech prioritizes the individualism and must be elucidated, so when people choose self-employment, they do it consciously, as a possible life strategy, not deluded by the speech of being your own boss as an opportunity of success / Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo sobre trabalhadores (as) brasileiros (as) comuns que, levados pelo desemprego produzido pelas transformações no mercado de trabalho, transformaram-se em proprietários (as) de pequenos negócios familiares geradores de renda. Pode ser descrito também como um estudo sobre maneiras como diferentes pessoas constroem a sobrevivência diária, constituindo a si mesmos. É um estudo que se propõe a dar visibilidade aos modos de viver e sobreviver dessas pessoas em sua maioria regida pela situação de pobreza. A partir de uma discussão sobre o conhecimento, o presente estudo teve como objetivo a identificação dos sentidos do auto-emprego em pequenos negócios familiares geradores de renda, presentes nas narrativas dos participantes do estudo e no campo-tema. Por campo-tema, compreende-se tudo o que remete a um assunto, um debate sem limites e sem fronteiras. Nesse campo emergiram temas como: auto-emprego, microcrédito, empreendedorismo, empresas familiares e economia popular que juntos construíram um profícuo campo de discussão e construção do conhecimento. Utilizou-se a história oral para fazer presente no debate o conhecimento e a experiência de vida dos cinco participantes entrevistados, cujas narrativas foram submetidas ao método da análise do discurso. A problemática que dirigiu o estudo diz respeito à possibilidade de uma ecologia de saberes na apreensão dos sentidos do auto-emprego em família, analisando processos ideológicos presentes no campo e possibilidades de emancipação. Por ecologia de saberes entende-se um sistema de saberes, de origens diferentes e não apenas científicos que coexistem na busca da construção de uma sociedade diferente, termo utilizado por Boaventura de Souza Santos. A identificação dos sentidos do auto-emprego em família pelas vozes presentes no campo permitiu problematizar a noção geral circulante vinculada ao empreendedorismo. Conclui-se que o termo empreendedorismo é utilizado como uma estratégia de governo no sentido de manter o status quo e evitar o conflito social ao propagar que a solução para o desemprego é se tornar um empreendedor. Esse discurso prioriza o individualismo e deve ser elucidado, de modo que as pessoas ao optarem pelo auto-emprego o façam conscientemente como possibilidade de estratégia de vida e não iludidas pelo discurso do ser seu próprio patrão como oportunidade de sucesso
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Informační strategie malého rodinného podniku / The Small Family Business Information Strategy

Morávek, Patrik January 2009 (has links)
This diploma thesis is focused on the information strategy of the small family business The Faltys´ bookstore. There are discussed internal and external conditions that have a relevant influence on a proposal of the information strategy and elaborated proposal of the information strategy that will serve as an important base for management decisions and plans.
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Factors influencing decisions on family size

Mdaka, Busisiwe Doreen 01 June 1997 (has links)
The objective of this study was to explore women's perceptions of family size and to investigate factors that influence women's decisions on family size. An exploratory research design was used. Fifty women who had completed their families, fifty women who had not started with their families and twenty five males who had not started with their families all residing at Sebokeng, were interviewed. The results showed that the women's perceptions of family size were changing towards a small family norm. A small family was defined in terms of a family that one can afford to maintain financially and educate. Men support the idea of smaller families. Decisions on family size are influenced by external factors and experience in growing up in big families. Rearing a lot of children also influences women to prefer smaller families either for themselves or for their children. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Science (Social Work))
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Factors influencing decisions on family size

Mdaka, Busisiwe Doreen 01 June 1997 (has links)
The objective of this study was to explore women's perceptions of family size and to investigate factors that influence women's decisions on family size. An exploratory research design was used. Fifty women who had completed their families, fifty women who had not started with their families and twenty five males who had not started with their families all residing at Sebokeng, were interviewed. The results showed that the women's perceptions of family size were changing towards a small family norm. A small family was defined in terms of a family that one can afford to maintain financially and educate. Men support the idea of smaller families. Decisions on family size are influenced by external factors and experience in growing up in big families. Rearing a lot of children also influences women to prefer smaller families either for themselves or for their children. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Science (Social Work))
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A criatividade na pequena empresa: um estudo de caso sobre a percepção dos dirigentes e dos empregados

Filho, Waldomiro Piedade 25 May 2006 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T20:21:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Waldomiro Piedade Filho.pdf: 286416 bytes, checksum: fa68f2cab27366e781e714be880c68ac (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-25 / The objective of this study is research the creativity in the small family business, what can contribute for the survival of this kind of organization in the nowadays competitive environment. The creativity in companies can have as results the reduction of costs, the development of products and processes, quality improvement and even the creation of new products, among others. In this point of view, the creativity is the generator of innovation, and this process makes an invention rentable for the company. The case study was made in a textile company located in São Paulo and it is part of a traditional sector of the economy. The main objective is to understand how the creativity was experienced and noticed by the high administration and employees. Using semi directed interviews there were an attempt to discover how this small company deals with its employees to encourage the development of creative ideas. The central premise was that the owners of small family business of a traditional sector of the economy, as they centralize the knowledge and power, do not encourage the creativity of their employees, what could be evidenced. Some of the many factors that characterize a favorable environment to the creativity as motivational work in the operational area, autonomy, valuation of the training activity, rewards for creative individuals and, specially, support from the high administration; were not found in the textile company studied. The following study intend to contribute to put the focus on a subject still little explored in the literature researched / O objetivo deste estudo é pesquisar a criatividade na pequena empresa familiar, fator que, no ambiente competitivo próprio da atualidade, pode contribuir para sua sobrevivência. A criatividade nas empresas pode ter como resultado redução de custos, aperfeiçoamento de produtos e processos, melhoria da qualidade, e até criação de novos produtos etc. Desse ponto de vista a criatividade é geradora das inovações, que é o processo de tornar uma invenção rentável para a empresa.. O estudo de caso se deu em uma malharia situada na cidade de São Paulo, setor tradicional da economia, sendo a preocupação central compreender como a criatividade era vivenciada e percebida pelos dirigentes e funcionários; ou seja, por meio de entrevistas semi-dirigidas, procurou-se desvendar o modo como a pequena empresa aqui em foco tratava seus empregados no sentido de estimular o desenvolvimento de idéias criativas. O pressuposto central foi de que os proprietários das pequenas empresas familiares do setor tradicional da economia, por centralizarem o conhecimento e o poder, não estimulam a criatividade dos funcionários, como de fato pôde ser constatado pela não existência de alguns fatores diversos que caracterizam um clima favorável à criatividade, tais como: trabalho motivador, autonomia, valorização da atividade de treinamento, existência de recompensas para os indivíduos criativos e, principalmente, apoio da direção. O presente estudo pretendeu contribuir, então, para a reflexão de um tema ainda pouco explorado na literatura pesquisada
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A criatividade na pequena empresa: um estudo de caso sobre a percepção dos dirigentes e dos empregados

Piedade Filho, Waldomiro 25 May 2006 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T14:55:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Waldomiro Piedade Filho.pdf: 286416 bytes, checksum: fa68f2cab27366e781e714be880c68ac (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-25 / The objective of this study is research the creativity in the small family business, what can contribute for the survival of this kind of organization in the nowadays competitive environment. The creativity in companies can have as results the reduction of costs, the development of products and processes, quality improvement and even the creation of new products, among others. In this point of view, the creativity is the generator of innovation, and this process makes an invention rentable for the company. The case study was made in a textile company located in São Paulo and it is part of a traditional sector of the economy. The main objective is to understand how the creativity was experienced and noticed by the high administration and employees. Using semi directed interviews there were an attempt to discover how this small company deals with its employees to encourage the development of creative ideas. The central premise was that the owners of small family business of a traditional sector of the economy, as they centralize the knowledge and power, do not encourage the creativity of their employees, what could be evidenced. Some of the many factors that characterize a favorable environment to the creativity as motivational work in the operational area, autonomy, valuation of the training activity, rewards for creative individuals and, specially, support from the high administration; were not found in the textile company studied. The following study intend to contribute to put the focus on a subject still little explored in the literature researched / O objetivo deste estudo é pesquisar a criatividade na pequena empresa familiar, fator que, no ambiente competitivo próprio da atualidade, pode contribuir para sua sobrevivência. A criatividade nas empresas pode ter como resultado redução de custos, aperfeiçoamento de produtos e processos, melhoria da qualidade, e até criação de novos produtos etc. Desse ponto de vista a criatividade é geradora das inovações, que é o processo de tornar uma invenção rentável para a empresa.. O estudo de caso se deu em uma malharia situada na cidade de São Paulo, setor tradicional da economia, sendo a preocupação central compreender como a criatividade era vivenciada e percebida pelos dirigentes e funcionários; ou seja, por meio de entrevistas semi-dirigidas, procurou-se desvendar o modo como a pequena empresa aqui em foco tratava seus empregados no sentido de estimular o desenvolvimento de idéias criativas. O pressuposto central foi de que os proprietários das pequenas empresas familiares do setor tradicional da economia, por centralizarem o conhecimento e o poder, não estimulam a criatividade dos funcionários, como de fato pôde ser constatado pela não existência de alguns fatores diversos que caracterizam um clima favorável à criatividade, tais como: trabalho motivador, autonomia, valorização da atividade de treinamento, existência de recompensas para os indivíduos criativos e, principalmente, apoio da direção. O presente estudo pretendeu contribuir, então, para a reflexão de um tema ainda pouco explorado na literatura pesquisada
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Sistemas de cultivos de milho consorciado ou não com plantas de cobertura de solo: Aspectos produtivos, socioeconomicos e de qualidade / Farming systems of corn associated or not with cover crops: Productive aspects, economic and soil quality

Chieza, Emerson Dalla 10 February 2010 (has links)
The availability of small areas for cultivation together with the technical and economic deficiencies often aggravated by socio-cultural aspects, creating the small farms, a scenario likely to farming practices with a high degree of unsustainability. From this contest was held this field study, between September 2008 and October 2009 an agrarian reform settlement aimed at examining different forms of soil management, its potential for improving soil quality and its implications for socioeconomic in small farms. The experimental design was randomized blocks with split plots with four replications. The treatments consisted of plots of crop systems: maize + cowpea (M + FC), maize + Pigeon pea dwarf (M + GA); corn + velvet bean (M + MP) and maize monocrop (MS). The sub-plots by the forms of fertilizer: organic source - turkey litter (AO); Without the addition of nutrients (SA) and mineral source - NPK (AM). We assessed aspects related to grain yield of corn, physical and chemical properties of soil in two layers (0-5 and 5-10 cm depth) and socioeconomic aspects of managements. Water stress led to a negative effect of M + FC on grain yield of maize, which in turn was not affected by M + MP, and were higher in treatments with AM (P <0.05). Cultures GA and MP had the highest intakes of nitrogen (N) via aboveground. The cropping systems showed positive results for bulk density and soil porosity. There was a tendency to decrease in aggregate stability for all systems studied, including the fallow treatment. There was no increase (P <0.05) of soil organic carbon (COT) of the systems studied, only attenuated the decrease of this natural element. Showed an increase (P> 0.05) compared to the initial content of N in the soil, and the consortium M + MP which showed the highest levels in both studied layers. The study also found decreased (P <0.05) in the attributes SMP pH, base saturation, exchangeable potassium content, reflecting the increase (P <0.05) in aluminum saturation. Another aspect observed was the increase (P <0.05) CTCpH7.em both layers. The systems studied showed net negative reflections of the high cost of some inputs and low yields obtained. The demand for labor by the managements of the systems has been affected by sowing cover crops for soil, and the management of these, either by restricting the growth of vegetation or the harvest of the seeds. Although it was short time for consistent evaluations, the results obtained by cropping systems indicate that there are gains in productive aspects, contribution of COT and N, especially in soil physical properties. This condition reflects the possibility of replacing the "conventional" system of cultivation of maize by the systems studied, with gains in sustainability, in many ways. / A disponibilidade de pequenas áreas para cultivo aliada as deficiências técnicas e econômicas, agravadas muitas vezes por aspectos sócio-culturais, cria nas pequenas propriedades, um cenário propenso a práticas agropecuárias com elevado grau de insustentabilidade. A partir deste contesto, foi realizado este estudo de campo, no período de setembro de 2008 e outubro de 2009, num assentamento de reforma agrária objetivando investigar diferentes formas de manejo de solo, seu potencial de melhoria na qualidade do solo e suas implicações sócio-econômicas em pequenas propriedades rurais. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi blocos ao acaso com parcelas subdivididas, com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram compostos nas parcelas pelos sistemas de cultivo: Milho + Feijão caupi (M + FC); Milho + Guandu anão (M + GA); Milho + Mucuna preta (M + MP) e Milho em cultivo solteiro (MS). Nas sub-parcelas pelas formas de adubação: Fonte orgânica cama de peru (AO); Sem adição de nutrientes (SA) e Fonte mineral NPK (AM). Foram avaliados aspectos relacionados ao rendimento de grãos da cultura do milho, atributos físicos e químicos do solo, em duas camadas (0-5 e 5-10 cm de profundidade) e aspectos socioeconômicos dos manejos. O estresse hídrico conduziu a um efeito negativo do M+ FC no rendimento de grãos de milho, que por sua vez não foi afetado por M + MP, e foram superiores nos tratamentos com AM (P<0,05). As culturas GA e MP apresentaram os maiores aportes de nitrogênio (N) via fitomassa aérea. Os sistemas de cultivos apresentaram resultados positivos em relação à densidade volumétrica do solo e porosidade. Observou-se a tendência a diminuição da estabilidade dos agregados para todos os sistemas estudados, inclusive no tratamento em pousio. Não houve incremento (P<0,05) de Carbono orgânico no solo (COT) dos sistemas estudados, apenas atenuaram a diminuição natural deste elemento. Observou-se incremento (P>0,05) em relação aos teores iniciais de N no solo, sendo o consórcio M + MP o que apresentou os maiores teores em ambas camadas estudadas. Também foi constatado diminuição (P<0,05) nos atributos pH SMP, saturação por bases, teor de potássio trocável, com reflexos no acréscimo (P<0,05) da saturação por alumínio. Outro aspecto observado foi o aumento (P<0,05) da CTCpH7.em ambas camadas. Os sistemas estudados apresentaram receita líquida negativa, reflexos do alto custo de alguns insumos e baixas produtividades obtidas. A demanda de mão de obra por parte dos manejos dos sistemas foi impactada pela semeadura das plantas de cobertura de solo, e pelo manejo dessas, seja pela contenção do crescimento vegetativo ou pela colheita das sementes. Embora tenha sido curto espaço de tempo para avaliações consistentes, os resultados obtidos pelos sistemas de cultivo indicam haver ganhos, em aspectos produtivos, aporte de COT e N, sobretudo, em atributos físicos do solo. Esta condição reflete na possibilidade de substituir o sistema convencional de cultivo do milho pelos sistemas estudados, com ganhos em sustentabilidade, sob vários aspectos.

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