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The Role of Family Members In Entrepreneurial Networks: Beyond the Boundaries of the Family Firm

Alistair R. Anderson

Charles P Skene Centre for Entrepreneurship, Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University, Garthdee, Aberdeen, AB 10 7QE, a.r.anderson{at}rgu.ac.uk

Sarah L. Jack

University of Aberdeen

Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd

Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (ALBA), and The Robert Gordon University

Research has traditionally concentrated on formal kin involvement in the family business. This study investigates if, to what extent, and how entrepreneurs capitalized on resources embedded in the family, but beyond the formal traditionally defined boundaries of the family firm. Employing both quantitative and qualitative approaches, the study finds that about one-quarter of our sample's entrepreneurial network ties were kin, and that most of these worked outside the formal family firm. These ties provided a range of very important resources, both professional and affective in nature. Such beneficial ties extend the family firm without incurring the typical hazards of external linkages.

Family Business Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, 135-154 (2005)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2005.00037.x
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