Strategic Goals and Practices of Innovative Family Businesses
分析了231家华盛顿州家族企业的战略类型，发现探索型企业更注重管理团队、新产品开发和员工职业规划，且市场地位提升更显著。
A profile of 231 Washington state family businesses is presented. This article focuses on the business strategies of these firms, analyzing the relationship between strategy, performance, and business practices. Firms categorized as Prospector firms reported more gains in their current market position than all other strategic types. These firms were more likely to value an effective management and employee team and to develop new quality products and services and career development plans for non‐family employees. Implications for family businesses are discussed.