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Bernard A. Barry
Bernard A.
Barry
The place of the family firm in a traditional industry undergoing rapid social, economic and technological change: an investigation into some of the problems faced by family firms in the British printing industry
Loughborough University
2018
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Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
2018-07-16 11:09:30
Thesis
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/thesis/The_place_of_the_family_firm_in_a_traditional_industry_undergoing_rapid_social_economic_and_technological_change_an_investigation_into_some_of_the_problems_faced_by_family_firms_in_the_British_printing_industry/9479348
Part 1 of the thesis traces the development of family firms and describes
some of their characteristics. It examines problems of change facing business
organisations generally at the present time and describes some of the ways in
which these are likely to be particularly acute in family owned concerns. It
concludes by considering the relevance of organisational theory to these
problems.
Part 2 describes the research methodology adopted for the study and its
rationale.
Part 3 is a description of the British printing industry—the industry in
which the work was carried out.
Part 4 contains comparative studies of firms which were selected by the
investigator to represent family firms at various stages of development. This
section ends with an analysis of the ways in which the six firms concerned were
coping with the changes they faced.
The conclusions include an examination of the role of the family firm in
contemporary society and offers some suggestions for ways in which such
enterprises can meet the challenge of change.