Patterns of Succession and Continuity in Family-Owned Businesses: Study of an Ethnic Community

2001 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Perricone ◽  
John R. Earle ◽  
Ian M. Taplin
Keyword(s):  
Small Firms ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Ethnic Enclave ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
The Family ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Successive Generations ◽  
Successful Transfer

This paper examines ways in which patriarchalqfamilistic cultural systems condition responses to the kinds of social and economic changes that challenge family-owned businesses. Using a case study of an ethnic enclave in the southeastern United States, the paper looks at intergenerational succession, paying particular attention to how small firms manage to transfer control within the family. Key to successful transfer is the presence of trust and the utilization of social capital as well as the ability of successive generations to acquire skills that enable them to identify new market niches. The manuscript also discusses how firms manage conflict between old and new ideas, develop informal mechanisms for incorporating new ideas, and maintain the flexibility necessary for market survival.

Undocumented beetle diversity in the Southeastern United States: a case study of the minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera: Monotomidae) 

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4472 (1) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS C. MCELRATH ◽  
JOSEPH V. MCHUGH
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Southeastern Usa ◽  
Plant Matter ◽  
The Family

Studies of the saproxylic and predatory beetle family Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) in the southeastern USA increased the known diversity for the family in the state of Georgia by one genus and nine species. Online records of Monotomidae from Georgia increased from 0 to 885. This work highlights the lack of basic diversity information about small beetles that inhabit wood, leaf litter, and other decaying plant matter in this region. 

Continuity and change in the Gwembe Tonga family and their relevance to demography's nucleation thesis

Africa ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 510-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Price ◽  
Neil Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Fertility Transition ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Nucleation Theory ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Kinship System ◽  
The Family

AbstractRecent criticisms of demographic theory and methodology have pointed, inter alia, to the need to take on board advances in cognate disciplines. This case study of the Gwembe Valley Tonga of Zambia highlights the important methodological contribution that social anthropology can make to the sub-discipline of family demography. It provides evidence of the empirical invalidity of the ‘family nucleation’ paradigm, which holds that a shift towards conjugal marriage and nuclear household residence patterns is an inevitable consequence of globalisation, and a precursor of the social and economic changes necessary for the fertility transition. According to nucleation theory, evidence of increased conjugality will be reflected in the reduced symbolic importance of the lineage and ancestors; greater marriage stability; the demise of polygyny and widow inheritance; reduction in the size and significance of bridewealth payments; increasing age of first marriage for women, and decreasing age differentials between spouses. The case study therefore focuses on recent changes in the matrilineal kinship system, notably the emergence of localised lineages, and the extent to which these changes reflect family nucleation (largely but not exclusively in terms of increased conjugality). By analysing household structure and marital residence patterns, including the role played by the husband/father in family affairs, nuptiality (notably bridewealth, divorce and polygyny), inheritance and the role of ancestors, the case study demonstrates that changes in the family and kinship structure in response to local social and economic transformation can be equated not with nuclearisation but with the emergence of a modified form of family and kinship, quite distinct in structure and meaning from the nuclear family.

scholarly journals A imagem do Super-Herói na intervenção com crianças hospitalizadas com câncer: Entre a encenação, a imaginação e o imaginário

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (48) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Berto Furlan ◽  
Luiza Liene Bressan ◽  
Heloisa Juncklaus Preis Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interview ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
White Coat ◽  
The Family ◽  
De Se ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Diagnosis Of Cancer ◽  
The One ◽  
Descriptive Method

O diagnóstico do câncer é recebido tanto pelo paciente quanto pelos familiares de forma dolorosa e de difícil aceitação. A proposta de se trabalhar com o lúdico corrobora a importância de elaborar novas ideias de intervenção quando os pacientes são, em especial, crianças. É neste ponto que a imagem do super-herói, como aquele que supera as adversidades, entra em ação. Esta imagem heroica vem substituir o jaleco branco do médico para firmar ao paciente a convicção de que a doença pode ser vencida. Para coleta de dados, realizamos uma entrevista semiestruturada, de método descritivo com abordagem qualitativa num estudo de caso com a persona Batman do Brasil figurado por Cristiano Zanetta de Matos, atuante voluntário nas áreas oncológicas infantis dos hospitais da região sul catarinense. O escopo teórico se encontra na teoria do imaginário, desenvolvida por Gilbert Durand, partindo da premissa de que a presença mítica do herói transcende as lições do mito.Palavras-chave: Imaginário. Câncer. Super-Herói. Hospital.THE IMAGE OF THE SUPERHERO IN THE INTERVENTION WITH CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED WITH CANCER: A STUDY FROM IMAGINARY THEORYAbstract: The diagnosis of cancer is received by both the patient and the family in a painful and difficult way. The proposal of working with the playful one corroborates the importance of elaborating new ideas of intervention when the patients are, in particular, children. It is at this point that the image of the superhero, as the one who overcomes adversity, comes into play. This heroic image comes to replace the white coat of the doctor to assure the patient the conviction that the disease can be overcome. For this, a semi-structured interview was conducted, from a descriptive method with a qualitative approach in a case study with the person Batman do Brazil figured by Cristiano Zanetta de Matos, volunteer in the children's oncology areas of hospitals in southern Santa Catarina. The theoretical scope of the hero's support lies in the theory of the imaginary, developed by Gilbert Durand, starting from the premise that the mythical presence of the hero transcends the lessons of myth..Keywords: Imaginary. Cancer. Super hero. Hospital.

Familism as a Context for Entrepreneurship in Northern Italy

Human Affairs ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Ghezzi
Keyword(s):  
Mass Production ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Industrial Capitalism ◽  
Italian Region ◽  
Family Enterprise ◽  
Modern Capitalism ◽  
The Family ◽  
Organization Of Production

AbstractIt would appear that the two simple dichotomies concerning the topics discussed in this article have been rejected in the last thirty years. The first is the assumption that preindustrial households were units of production, while industrial (urbanized and nuclear) households are mainly units of consumption. The second is the idea that the family enterprise, wrongly assumed to be an anachronistic form of the organization of production, should have played a marginal role in modern capitalism. The first dichotomy is briefly discussed by considering Parsonian and Weberian approaches that supported this view and its critique; the second is analyzed by looking at the shifting notion of industrial capitalism, from mass production to a less standardized and more flexible way of producing commodities in small firms. It will be argued that familism can still be regarded as a useful concept if deprived of its ideological connotation that can be traced back to Banfield’s questionable definition dating from the 1950s. Familism is the “missing link” between entrepreneurship and family enterprise. A case study in support of this view is presented by drawing on fieldwork research carried out in the Italian region of Lombardy.

A Family With Autosomal-Dominant Progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Halpin ◽  
Barbara Herrmann ◽  
Margaret Whearty
Keyword(s):  
Speech Production ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
The Family ◽  
Patient Will ◽  
Language Pathology

The family described in this article provides an unusual opportunity to relate findings from genetic, histological, electrophysiological, psychophysical, and rehabilitative investigation. Although the total number evaluated is large (49), the known, living affected population is smaller (14), and these are spread from age 20 to age 59. As a result, the findings described above are those of a large-scale case study. Clearly, more data will be available through longitudinal study of the individuals documented in the course of this investigation but, given the slow nature of the progression in this disease, such studies will be undertaken after an interval of several years. The general picture presented to the audiologist who must rehabilitate these cases is that of a progressive cochlear degeneration that affects only thresholds at first, and then rapidly diminishes speech intelligibility. The expected result is that, after normal language development, the patient may accept hearing aids well, encouraged by the support of the family. Performance and satisfaction with the hearing aids is good, until the onset of the speech intelligibility loss, at which time the patient will encounter serious difficulties and may reject hearing aids as unhelpful. As the histological and electrophysiological results indicate, however, the eighth nerve remains viable, especially in the younger affected members, and success with cochlear implantation may be expected. Audiologic counseling efforts are aided by the presence of role models and support from the other affected members of the family. Speech-language pathology services were not considered important by the members of this family since their speech production developed normally and has remained very good. Self-correction of speech was supported by hearing aids and cochlear implants (Case 5’s speech production was documented in Perkell, Lane, Svirsky, & Webster, 1992). These patients received genetic counseling and, due to the high penetrance of the disease, exhibited serious concerns regarding future generations and the hope of a cure.

The Translation Problem Types in Translating Indonesia Text to English (A Case Study of Translation Subject of Fifth Semester English Students –UPY)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujatmiko Sujatmiko
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
English Department ◽  
Problem Types ◽  
Translation Technique ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Word Translation ◽  
Translation Accuracy ◽  
English Students ◽  
Successful Transfer

This research is entitled “The Translation Problem Types in Translating Indonesia textinto English (A Case Study of Translation Subject of Fifth Semester English Department –UPY) . It is about how Indonesia text is translated into English by English students, toidentify the translation problems, and to identify the problematics of translation technique.This research uses qualitative method to analyze the data. Techniques of analyzing datain this research consist of 3 components, they are (1) reducing the data, (2) explaining thedata, and (3) taking a conclusion. Reducing data is a process of selecting, focusing,simplifying and abstracting the data. Explaining the data is a process of organizinginformation and arranging the complete narration. Taking a conclusion is a process ofdrawing conclusion from the data. The data source of this research are Indonesia text andstudent’s translation.After conducting the research, the research find the data that all respondents havesimilar translation problem types in translating Indonesia text into English. The problems arediction, tenses, no equivalence translation; others have problems of adverb, article, andrelative clause. None of respondents apply other translation technique. They only apply wordper word translation technique. The accuracy of transfer level is adequate level. Only onerespondent have almost completely successful transfer level. Other respondents haveadequate accuracy transfer level. By applying the untrue translation technique has an impactto translation accuracy transfer level.This research is expected to open wide opportunities and challenges to academicians,especially those in translation linguistics sphere to deepen their research and study, especiallyin translating Indonesia text to English in order to be a new contribution to the translationfields.

Edukasi dan Peningkatan Kualitas Pengelolaan Obat di Rumah Tangga: Studi Kasus di Dusun Sidasari Wetan Desa Kubangkangkung Kawunganten Cilacap (Education and Quality Improvement of Drug Management in Family: A Case Study at Dusun Sidasari Wetan, Kubang

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Hendri Wasito ◽  
Hening Pratiwi ◽  
Adi Wibowo ◽  
Nia Kurnia Solihat
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Home Visit ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Drug Management ◽  
Educational Effort ◽  
The Family ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Drugs are an important component of health services that are the needs of the community. There is still a lack ofcommunity knowledge of medicines and management especially for family members, hence an educational effort as well asimprovement of quality of drug management in family through training program and mentoring by pharmacist. Thiscommunity service activity aims to determine the knowledge and attitude of the community in managing drugs in the familyand improve the quality of drug management by the community in the family. The activity was conducted in SidasariWetanKubangkangkung Village Kawunganten Cilacap. The workshop on drug management in family was conducted by pharmaciststo the 33 participants. Data collection was done by using questionnaire and observation through home visit. The result of theactivity shows that the increase of knowledge and attitude of the society in managing drugs in the familywere 10% and 7%,respectively. Workshop activities and mentoring by pharmacists can provide benefits and behavioral changes in family drugsmanagement.

A Case Study of Non-Adoption: The Values of Location Tracking in the Family

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asimina Vasalou ◽  
Anne-Marie Oostveen ◽  
Adam N. Joinson
Keyword(s):  
Location Tracking ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Unexpected Diversity in Regenerating Sites Stresses the Importance of Baselines: A Case Study With Bats (Order Chiroptera) on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 194008292110281
Author(s):  
Elène Haave-Audet ◽  
Doris Audet ◽  
Michelle Monge-Velazquez ◽  
Eleanor Flatt ◽  
Andrew Whitworth
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Restoration ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Community Diversity ◽  
Baseline Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Osa Peninsula ◽  
The Family ◽  
Aerial Insectivores ◽  
Baseline State

Introduction: Background and Research Aims: Assessing biodiversity recovery is key to determine whether the objectives of habitat restoration for conservation are met. Many restoration initiatives use cross-sectional comparisons of wildlife communities to infer restoration impact instead of longitudinal assessments from a baseline state. Using an indicator of biodiversity in the neotropics— bats— we demonstrate how assessing community diversity and composition in an area targeted for restoration prior to implementation, and when compared to surrounding intact forest, provides the groundwork to track changes in the community post-restoration. Methods We assessed bat communities by 1) using mist-net surveys to identify species in the family Phyllostomidae (leaf-nosed bats), and 2) conducting acoustic surveys to identify non-phyllostomid species (aerial insectivores). Results For both groups, we found that areas targeted for restoration had similar diversity as the surrounding forest, but the two habitat types differed in community composition. Phyllostomids were captured at higher rates in forest, but aerial insectivores were detected at higher rates in restoration habitat. Conclusion Our baseline assessment revealed unexpected diversity in areas targeted for restoration. The presence of all trophic groups in restoration habitat suggests that bats provide key ecosystem services in the restoration process, such as through seed dispersal, pollination and insect pest control. Implications for Conservation: Conducting a baseline survey of bats in areas targeted for restoration demonstrated that the community was not species poor at the baseline and was different from the surrounding forest, allowing us to better track restoration success and the effects of different restoration treatments.

scholarly journals Getting a Foot in the Door: Small-Firm Credit and Interest Group Politics in the Netherlands, 1900–1927

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
RUBEN PEETERS
Keyword(s):  
Small Firm ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Financial Infrastructure ◽  
History Of ◽  
Interest Group Politics ◽  
Group Politics ◽  
The Government

This article explores the link between the history of small-firm associations and the development of Dutch financial infrastructure geared toward small firms. In particular, it tests Verdier’s thesis about the origins of state banking using an in-depth case study of the Dutch small-firm movement. This article shows that Dutch small-firm associations did not simply became politically relevant and use their power to lobby for state banking, but rather used the topic of insufficient access to credit to rally support, mobilize members, and obtain subsidies from the government. During this associational process, they had to navigate local contexts and power structures that, in turn, also shaped the financial system. State banking was initially not demanded by small firms, but arose as the result of failed experiments with subsidized banking infrastructure and a changing position of the government on how to intervene in the economy.

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