Commentary: Family Firms and the Advantage of Multitemporality
这篇评论提出多时间性概念，即同时应对短期和长期挑战以实现持久成功，并论证家族企业在这方面具有优势。它扩展了长期导向理论，讨论了家族企业实现多时间性的条件，适合研究家族企业战略管理的学者阅读。
In this commentary, we argue the need for multitemporality (MT)—the ability to achieve enduring success by meeting both short– and long–term challenges—and we show how many family firms are in a superior position to do that. We situate Lumpkin and Brigham's (L&B's) long–term orientation (LTO) components within a multitemporal frame in part by relating them to their primary mechanisms of intertemporality. We then extend L&B's LTO conception by moving from an organizational mindset to its effective actualization via multitemporal facilitators as they manifest in family firms, arguing also the conditions under which family firms have an advantage in achieving MT. We conclude with a discussion of suggested research directions.