ABSTRACT

This paper explores the interaction and interdependence between family firms and sparsely populated regions. Interactivity underlines the dynamics of the setting and how it changes based on activities between the firm and the context, whereas interdependence refers to how the family firm and the region become mutually reliant on one another. Five case studies show that while the firms act under similar conditions in terms of disparity, their interplay with and dependence on the region differ. The study points to how the citizenship of the family firms is fundamental and how employment is at the heart of the interdependence, while those firms interacting most strongly with the region are those expanding beyond what would be expected by a family firm in terms of traditions and risk aversion. This again indicates a complex pattern of interactivities and interdependencies between family firms and sparsely populated regions. The paper provides important dimensions to theories on family firms’ local contexts specifically related to under-researched settings of sparsely populated regions and important implications for managers, public actors and policy makers, not the least related to support to such contexts.

摘要

本文探讨了家族企业与人口稀少地区之间的相互作用和相互依存关系。交互性强调环境的动态以及它如何根据公司和环境之间的活动而变化，而相互依赖是指家族企业和地区如何相互依赖。五个案例研究表明，虽然公司在差异方面在相似的条件下行动，但它们与该地区的相互作用和依赖程度不同。该研究指出家族企业的公民身份如何是根本，就业如何是相互依存的核心，而与该地区互动最密切的企业是那些在传统和业务方面超出家族企业预期的企业。风险厌恶。这再次表明家族企业与人口稀少地区之间存在着复杂的互动和相互依存模式。该论文为关于家族企业当地背景的理论提供了重要的维度，特别是与人口稀少地区研究不足的环境相关，以及对管理者、公共行为者和政策制定者的重要影响，尤其是与对此类背景的支持相关。