Dean Okimoto

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Farmers Markets ◽  
The Creation

Dean Okimoto is a farmer and president of Nalo Farms. Established as a family business in 1983, Nalo Farms initially specialized in local fruits, daikon, and green onions. A fortunate meeting with Chef Roy Yamaguchi resulted in the creation of “Nalo Greens,” a signature mix of baby greens and edible nasturtium flowers. Today, over one hundred restaurants and farmers’ markets carry Nalo Farms products. This narrative is written by Nicole Milne, based on an interview with Dean Okimoto in July 2012....

Creating Competitive Advantage in Scottish Family Businesses

2010 ◽  
pp. 230-251
Author(s):  
Claire Seaman ◽  
Stuart Graham
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Diverse Environment ◽  
The Creation

This chapter seeks to consider both the role that knowledge transfer may have in family businesses and the different manners in which knowledge transfer may take place within this diverse environment. The economic, social and community importance of family businesses within Scotland is considered, alongside the different manner in which family businesses commonly operate and the implications for knowledge transfer. The importance of knowledge transfer in the creation of competitive advantage within a family business environment and the relatively limited nature of research in this area are explored, highlighting the need for further research both to support the on-going development of a strategy for family businesses in Scotland and to facilitate future development of high quality knowledge transfer. Key to all of this, however, is an increased understanding of what is meant by knowledge transfer and the breadth of ways in which it happens.

Ecosystem for the emergence of spin-offs from the family business

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melquicedec Lozano
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Parent Company ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Creation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the minimum conditions for the formation of an ecosystem that favours the emergence of spin-offs whose parent company is a family business. Design/methodology/approach Three family companies that have experienced processes supporting the creation of new companies led by family members were used for this exploration. Findings The findings show that it is possible to form an ecosystem with five basic components from which other factors of a different kind are derived, and that would favour the minimum conditions for new companies to emerge from the family business. Originality/value Spin-off companies have received valuable recognition in recent years. The vast majority of research on spin-offs considers those arising under the protection of a private innovation centre, a corporation, or university. This research gives more breadth to this coverage, by studying the emergence of spin-offs that rely on the family business as the parent company.

scholarly journals Stages of busi(-)ness and identity

Ethnologies ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Lightfoot ◽  
Valérie Fournier
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Work Space ◽  
Small Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Creation

Résumé This article explores how space gets mobilised in the performance of “family business”. The very concept of the “family business” collapses some deeply entrenched distinctions in Western modern societies, those between home and work, private and public, family life and business rationality, distinctions that are mapped over space through the creation of boundaries between work space and family space, home and office. The “family business”, especially when run from home, unsticks this ordered sense of space as familial images and business stages are collapsed. Our analysis of small family run boarding kennels focuses on the way space is used to frame different stages of action. In particular, we draw upon theatrical metaphors to explore the work that goes into the staging of identities and social relations. We first discuss the relationships between space, stages, performance and identity through a theatrical lens; we then draw upon material from our study of family run boarding kennels to explore how owner-managers use space as a malleable resource from which they carve out and assemble different stages to perform their business and themselves to different audiences. After going back into the theatre to discuss the role of stages in weaving together coherent stories in the family business or in drama, we close by exploring the limitations of the theatrical metaphor for the analysis of social life.

scholarly journals After Watteau: Nicolas Lancret and the creation of the hunt luncheon

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sarah Sylvester Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Farmers Markets ◽  
Court Culture ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Canned Tuna ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
The Creation

Dining is inarguably one of the oldest, most prevalent and pervasive acts of social interaction. In the modern age the ability to display one's taste or refinement with regard to fashionable or trendy food items has become immediate due to social media. Instagram is filled with pictures of food: from farmers' markets to prepared meals to selfies holding food. The foodstuff that people show themselves eating or getting ready to eat are indicators of their social identities and how they would like to be perceived by others. These food items also carry connotations ranging from rustic to luxurious or processed versus fresh, i.e. fried chicken compared to caviar or canned tuna in contrast to wild caught salmon. However, in our current culinary climate even the lowest of foods have been redeemed and made fashionable again -- think Spam fried rice. Paintings of food during the eighteenth century can be viewed in a comparable way. The items depicted by the artist(s) have certain social connotations and long-standing iconographic affiliations. The paintings of food both reflect how the patron or subject of the painting wanted to be interpreted or perceived and blur the lines between popular and court culture.

Senior Entrepreneurship and Family Business Vitality in Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-58
Author(s):  
Jose Manuel Saiz-Alvarez ◽  
Alicia Coduras ◽  
Muhammad Azam Roomi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Oil And Natural Gas ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Senior Entrepreneurship

The Saudi economy constitutes 30% of the Arab world's GDP (gross domestic product). Traditionally focused on oil and natural gas, the economy is in the process of a structural transformation in which entrepreneurship has a pivotal role to play. Sixty percent of Saudi Arabia's population is under the age of 30. Against this background, this chapter will analyze senior entrepreneurship and the creation of family businesses in Saudi Arabia. Finally, the authors propose some measures for their generation.

Family means trustworthy” – family businesses in the opinion of Polish consumers

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-94
Author(s):  
Magdalena Baryń
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Small Extent ◽  
Consumer Attitude ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Polish Economy ◽  
The Impact

Family businesses are an extremely important element of the Polish economy, both in the creation of GDP and in the creation of jobs. Positive connotations connected with the word “family” can give these entities the advantage of competing with non-family companies. However, this advantage is only used to a small extent, because companies rarely emphasize this feature. The aim of the article is to present the impact of consumer percep¬tions of the entity as a family business on their attitude to this entity and, as a consequence, also to products/services offered by its. The most important features of family businesses that have a significant impact on their specificity and the results of research on consumer attitude to those entities and their products will be discussed. Will also be presented recom¬mendations for using by companies “being family business” image.

scholarly journals Family business lifecycle: The application of 3d life cycle model and 7 SS framework

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 310-322
Author(s):  
Juliano Lissoni ◽  
Maurício Fernandes Pereira ◽  
Fernando Serra ◽  
João Benjamim da Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Family Ownership ◽  
Life Cycle Model ◽  
Cycle Model ◽  
Lifecycle Model ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Creation

Three subsystems sustain the lifecycle of family business (FB); family, ownership and business. This article’s purpose is to show how the 7 Ss Framework can be used to identify different aspects of FB behavior during its lifecycle, together with the three-dimensional lifecycle model as a tool to identify changes that influence both growth and the process of building a “well-performing” organization. The proposed model was tested in a family business in Brazil (RBS Group). The conclusions lead to a clear comprehension of family business evolution, as well as of the organizational foundations that sustain the creation of a well-performing organization

Senior Entrepreneurship and Family Business Vitality in Saudi Arabia

2022 ◽  
pp. 917-936
Author(s):  
Jose Manuel Saiz-Alvarez ◽  
Alicia Coduras ◽  
Muhammad Azam Roomi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Oil And Natural Gas ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Senior Entrepreneurship

The Saudi economy constitutes 30% of the Arab world's GDP (gross domestic product). Traditionally focused on oil and natural gas, the economy is in the process of a structural transformation in which entrepreneurship has a pivotal role to play. Sixty percent of Saudi Arabia's population is under the age of 30. Against this background, this chapter will analyze senior entrepreneurship and the creation of family businesses in Saudi Arabia. Finally, the authors propose some measures for their generation.

scholarly journals Mentoring and perpetuating the entrepreneurial spirit within family business by telling contingent stories

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Smith
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Family Experiences ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Entrepreneurial Spirit ◽  
The Creation

Family businesses do not perpetuate themselves. Entrepreneurs must nurture and propagate the values that led to the creation of the very thing most precious to them‐their business.This of course depends on stability. Nor do these cherished values propagate themselves. To be made meaningful for others, and for future generations, family experiences, values, and achievements must be communicated to others via language, narrative and storytelling, or other forms embedded in the narrative such as symbols. Often a variety of different socially constructed stories may be necessary contingent upon situation, purpose, or need.

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