The Role of Family Members In Entrepreneurial Networks: Beyond the Boundaries of the Family Firm
研究发现约四分之一的创业网络关系是亲属，且多数不在家族企业内工作，这些关系提供了专业和情感资源，扩展了家族企业而不带来外部联系的风险。
Research has traditionally concentrated on formal kin involvement in the family business. This study investigates if, to what extent, and how entrepreneurs capitalized on resources embedded in the family, but beyond the formal traditionally defined boundaries of the family firm. Employing both quantitative and qualitative approaches, the study finds that about one-quarter of our sample's entrepreneurial network ties were kin, and that most of these worked outside the formal family firm. These ties provided a range of very important resources, both professional and affective in nature. Such beneficial ties extend the family firm without incurring the typical hazards of external linkages.