Mackie, R.
(2001).
Family ownership and business survival: Kirkcaldy, 1870-1970.
Business History, 43(3),
pp. 1–32.
Abstract
This article uses a study of industrial firms in the Scottish burgh of Kirkcaldy to demonstrate high and rising survival among family firms during the first half of the twentieth century. Survival rates, however, were not constant and trends are linked to the evolving relationship between family and firm. In particular, it is argued that the adoption of limited liability increased the chances of firm survival, but also altered the character of family-owned firms. Finally, th article considers the reasons for a rise in exits in the 1950s and 1960s.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| ISSN: |
0007-6791 |
| Keywords: |
family firms; business survival; Kirkcaldy; limited liability |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > History |
| Item ID: |
3411 |
| Depositing User: |
Robin Mackie
|
| Date Deposited: |
26 Jun 2006 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 19:49 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/3411 |
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