Essays about: "family-run businesses"

Found 4 essays containing the words family-run businesses.

  1. 1. Exploring the Perceptions and Challenges of Information Systems Adoption by Family Small-Medium Enterprises

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

    Author : Hira Kashif; [2021]
    Keywords : Information Systems Adoption; Information Systems Hesitancy; Information Systems Adoption Challenges; ERP Adoption; ERP Systems; Family SMEs; DTOE Model; TOE Model;

    Abstract : The focus of this master’s thesis is on family-run small and medium enterprises and their adoption to information systems. The motivation for this research is to understand the family businesses’ challenges related to technology adoption, so that the level of hesitancy many family SMEs are having with the process can be understood and minimised. READ MORE

  3. 2. Understanding Institutional Influences on Environmental and Social Responsibility in Family-Run Wineries : A look at US and Hungarian CSR practices

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Brandie Still; Veronika Thernesz; [2020]
    Keywords : wine; sustainability; family-run businesses; winery; wine industry; social responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; future generations; institutional theory;

    Abstract : Purpose – The purpose of the research is to explain how and why the internal and external influences faced by family-run wineries affect their CSR practices and communication through institutional theory and stakeholder theory. Methodology – Ten wineries were analyzed in winemaking regions in Hungary and the US, of which nine semi-structured interviews were undertaken with family members and employees. READ MORE

  4. 3. Nature of relationships between stakeholders and family business : Empirical evidence from small hospitality business in Italy

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för ekonomi

    Author : Alfredo Buonocore; Sumeera Bano Iqbal; [2018]
    Keywords : Family business; Stakeholder Theory; Nature of Relationships; Hospitality Industry; Small Firms; Socioemotional Wealth; Southern Italy.;

    Abstract : Background: This paper focuses on nature and role of relationships in small hospitality firm in the Southern Italian context. Based on previous literature relationships in small firms are highly related to trust, common understanding and mutual benefits. READ MORE

  5. 4. Eating Disorder: Re-Thinking the Relationship between Food and Architecture in Umeå

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Rafaela Taylor; [2015]
    Keywords : Food and architecture; urban farming; immediate architectural intervention; Umeå; sustainable development;

    Abstract : Food is something that we all have in common. We need it to survive and although we don’t always notice it, it has structured our relationships, homes, communities, countryside and cities for as long as humans have been around. The invention of farming led to the first static settlements, thus, enabling the evolution of cities. READ MORE