Family Businesses in Transition Economies Management, Succession and

This book presents the reader a comprehensive understanding of the development of family business in transitional economies. Throughout eastern Europe, post-Communist countries transitioning to market-based economies are obtaining a variety of results due

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ily Businesses in Transition Economies Management, Succession and Internationalization

Family Businesses in Transition Economies

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Le´o-Paul Dana • Veland Ramadani Editors

Family Businesses in Transition Economies Management, Succession and Internationalization

Editors Le´o-Paul Dana Montpellier Business School Montpellier France

Veland Ramadani South-East European University Tetovo Macedonia

ISBN 978-3-319-14208-1 ISBN 978-3-319-14209-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14209-8

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To my late father Albert and my mother Clemy, gone with the earthquake of 2011 Le´o-Paul Dana To my father Ismet and my late mother Mijasere, whom I miss more and more everyday Veland Ramadani

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Foreword

In many ways, this is a remarkable volume. Prior to the collapse of the former Soviet Union, few would have predicted that a topic which has been mainstream in the small business literature for many years would be extended into countries which, prior to 1990, largely viewed private enterprise as an illegal activity. Now, some 25 years after the start of the reform process, we are presented with a volume which examines family business in a different context to that which most of the family business literature addresses. An emergent literature on family business in transition economies has increasingly become a regular theme in conferences targeted at entrepreneurship scholars from Central and Eastern Europe and countries further East. Many of the issues discussed in these sessions do not appear to be significantly different from those we are familiar with in contemporary family business literature. At the same tim