Sources and Consequences of Distinctive Familiness: An Introduction
介绍独特家族性这一概念，探讨家族成员、家族与企业互动如何产生系统协同效应并带来竞争优势，并评述本期特刊论文对此来源与后果的贡献。
Family firms are unique organizational forms as a result of the interactions between family members, the family, and the business. Distinctive familiness has been used as a notion to encompass these interactions and the consequent systemic synergies that could lead to competitive advantages. This introduction discusses the notion and reviews the papers and commentaries in this special issue within the context of their contributions to our understanding of the possible sources and consequences of distinctive familiness.