Practitioner Commentary: Moving from Theory to Practice in Family Business Research
评估了2007年家族企业理论会议论文的实践适用性，发现它们对从业者不直接有用，并提出了未来研究方向，如定义家族企业、分析家族性概念的影响等。
This paper examines the papers presented at the 2007 Theories of Family Enterprise Conference for their applicability to practice and presents some ideas to make family business research more appropriate to practitioners. In general, we found the papers are not immediately useful to practitioners; however, the papers of a theory conference should not necessarily be immediately useful to practitioners. We identify several areas for future research, which include the development of a concrete definition for family business, a thorough analysis of the positive and negative effects of the concept of familiness, a close look at failed family business, as well as other issues.