A critical examination of the relationship between entrepreneurial Dissertation

A critical examination of the relationship between entrepreneurial time and knowledge development in Italian family businesses - Dissertation spokespersonThe study aims to ascertain which factors are importantly correlated with succession military capability from Italian business owners perspective and to determine which knowledge management factors are significantly correlated with succession persuasiveness from Italian business successors perspective. Through a convenience sample of 29 family-owned Italian businesses, the study found that all of the subscales in Pyromalis et als (2006) framework have been agreed upon by the owners of family-owned Italian businesses. These include their willingness to step aside in favour of their successors the successors perceived willingness to take all over positive family relations and communication have received agreement from the owners succession planning and successors appropriateness and preparation. The factors which are significant ly correlated with the effectiveness of the succession driveway from the point of view of owners were ascertained, and these turned out to be successors willingness to take over positive family relations and communication succession planning and successors appropriateness and preparation. In addition, all of the subscales of Krueger & Day (2010) were agreed upon by the respondents and these include perception and creativity intention key beliefs and attitudes or self-efficacy deeper beliefs and knowledge structures entrepreneurial learning and context matters. Finally, the following facets of knowledge management are significantly and positively correlated with perceived effectiveness of the succession childbed... positive family relations and communication have received agreement from the owners succession planning and successors appropriateness and preparation. The factors which are significantly correlated with the effectiveness of the succession effort from the point of view o f owners were ascertained, and these turned out to be successors willingness to take over positive family relations and communication succession planning and successors appropriateness and preparation. In addition, all of the subscales of Krueger & Day (2010) were agreed upon by the respondents and these include perception and creativity intention key beliefs and attitudes or self-efficacy deeper beliefs and knowledge structures entrepreneurial learning and context matters. Finally, the following facets of knowledge management are significantly and positively correlated with perceived effectiveness of the succession effort Key beliefs and attitudes or self-efficacy entrepreneurial learning context matters and deeper beliefs and knowledge structures. Recommendations on further improving the succession efforts at Italian family-owned businesses have been put forth. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Background In this chapter, the researcher shall present basic information on the concept of succe ssion (especially in Italian families) and how knowledge is developed in spite of appearance each generation to keep the business afloat through the generations. In Italy, the majority of businesses that keep the countrys economy afloat are slight businesses and most of these are family-owned. (ISTAT, 1996). Studies on Italian families have also shown that family members tend to diffuse their time for their family along with other routine activities, such as caterpillar tread a business (Arcidiacono and Pontecorvo,