Overview

For centuries, almost all economic activity was family-based. The family business rested on the division of labor among family members. Therefore the family was both socially and economically the foundation of the family business. Families were not only production units, but also education and consumption units that conveyed norm structures, values and professional identity to next generation. Although female family members have always been active participants in family businesses over the centuries, their role has often been neglected in previous studies. Women in Business Families: From Past to Present presents both conceptual and theoretically informed empirical papers addressing three related themes relevant for family business and gender in past and in present: heroic women entrepreneurs; invisibility / visibility of women in businesses; and business succession. The book Women in Business Families: From Past to Present balances between both historical and contemporary analyses. The chapters integrate the notions of time and gender in focusing on family businesses or business families in past and in present. This volume will be of vital reading to researchers and academics in the fields of Gender Studies, Family Business, Organizational studies, Entrepreneurship and the various related disciplines.

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Author:   Jarna Heinonen ,  Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780367734923

ISBN 10:   0367734923
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   18 December 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Jarna Heinonen and Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen Gender, Economy and Time Kovalainen Anne Section 1: Heroic female entrepreneurs/heroism Is She That Special? The Long History of Business Women as Unlikely Heroic Entrepreneurs Anu Lahtinen The Mistress of the Iron Veli Pekka Toropainen Female Manager in the Family Firm Hackman & Co in the Nineteenth-century Russia and Finland Ulla Ijäs Section 2: Invisibility/Visibility (In)visibility in the Family Business Henrietta Nilson ‘All the Days of Their Lives’: The Lifecycle of a Family Business Deborah Simonton Statutory Invisibility: Urban Business Women Legal and Political Rights in the 18th Century Finland Jarkko Keskinen and Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen Section 3: Succession Daughters and Family Business Succession Francesca Maria Cesaroni and Annalisa Sentuti He Suddenly Died: Family Firms, Unplanned Succession and Grief Jarna Heinonen and Elisabet Ljunggren Conclusions and Moving Forward Jarna Heinonen and Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen

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Jarna Heinonen is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Turku, School of Economics, Finland. Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen is Professor of Finnish History at the University of Turku, Faculty of Humanities, Finland.

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