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Journal articles on the topic "Family corporations"

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Gilbert, Paul Robert, and Catherine Dolan. "Mutuality Talk in a Family-Owned Multinational." Journal of Business Anthropology 9, no. 1 (2020): 19–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.22439/jba.v9i1.5958.

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This article draws on work carried out as part of a collaboration between an elite business school and a family-owned multinational corporation, concerned with promoting ‘mutuality in business’ as a new frontier of responsible capitalism. While the business school partners treated mutuality as a new principle central to an emergent ethical capitalism, the corporation claimed mutuality as a long-established value unique to their company. Both interpretations foreground a central problem in recent writing on the anthropology of business/corporations: the tension between the claim that economic life is always embedded within a moral calculus, and the shift towards increasingly ethical behaviour among many corporations. Further, recent work in the anthropology of business rejects normative evaluations of corporate ethicizing. When corporations lay claim to ethical renewal, but maintain a commitment to competition and growth, then anthropologists must balance a sympathetic engagement with corporate ethicizing, and critical engagement with growth-based strategies.

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Ng, Sin-Huei. "Exploring the relationship between “other block-holders” and the performance of family-controlled corporations in Malaysia." Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration 7, no. 2 (2015): 117–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/apjba-03-2015-0028.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an exploration on how important are “other block-holders” in explaining the performance of family-controlled corporations in Malaysia. Three important groups of block-holders are identified for the purpose, namely the “foreign institutional investors”, the “domestic institutional investors” and the “government”. Design/methodology/approach – The sample was drawn based on the companies listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia. All the relevant block-holders’ ownership data are hand-collected from the annual reports published by the listed corporations and descriptive statistics together with regression analysis are employed. Findings – Overall it is found that the presence of a second block-holder in family-controlled corporations leads to better performance compared to the corporations where the controlling families act as the sole block-holder. Moreover, this study finds that the identity of the block-holders with the extent of their ownership is important in explaining the performance. Specifically, “foreign institutional investors” and “government” are found to be significant in terms of the extent of their equity holdings and the performance of these corporations, respectively. Conversely, no such relationship is found in the equity holdings of “domestic institutional investors” and the corporation performance. Such finding may imply the possible limited ability and constraints faced by the “domestic institutional investors” in Malaysia to exert effective monitoring and pressure on the management for enhanced corporation performance. Originality/value – Many studies researched the influence of family ownership on the performance of family-controlled corporations but there are limited studies conducted on the influence of “other block-holders” in affecting the performance of these corporations. This paper is an attempt to provide an initial exploration on how important are these “other block-holders” in explaining the performance of these corporations in the context of a small emerging economy, Malaysia.

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Maloney, Courtney. "Reframing Solidarity: Company Magazine as Family Album." Journal of Working-Class Studies 3, no. 1 (2018): 50–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.13001/jwcs.v3i1.6117.

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We are witnessing a time of shrinking labor unions across the globe. Among member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, rates of union membership have declined from 30% in 1985 to 20% today (McCarthy 2017). In the U.S., the current rate is just 10.7% (Yadoo 2018). We have seen along with this the concomitant reduction in working-class and middle-class standards of living. Technological, political, and economic factors have impacted this change, but there is a cultural dimension to it as well. From the moment industrial unions in the U.S. gained power, corporations began to counter workingclass solidarity with alternative narratives that emphasized individualism, domesticity, and leisure. This article illuminates such efforts with a reading of one particularly sophisticated example from the mid-twentieth century, in which a steel corporation’s company magazine used workers’ own participation and self-representations in an effort to reorient notions of solidarity toward an identification with the corporation as family.

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LAU, JAMES. "DEFINING LISTED FAMILY CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS — AN AGENCY THEORY PERSPECTIVE." Journal of Enterprising Culture 18, no. 04 (2010): 377–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495810000665.

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Recent research shows that a significant proportion of listed corporations in a number of major financial markets across the world are classified as family firms. That classification is based on a number of different definitions of a family firm, using criteria such as an ownership threshold and/or the presence of a family member on the board of directors and/or in the top managerial positions. The lack of a universal definition of listed family controlled corporations may undermine the comparability or even the validity of any empirical results reported. This paper aims to resolve the diversity of definitions in use by developing an operational definition of listed family controlled corporations that is consistent with agency theory — the most commonly adopted theoretical framework in existing empirical studies. Based on agency theory, I argue that the key difference between family and non-family firms lies in the control of the decision making processes of the corporation. I further argue that a family needs to dominate the management control structure in order to control decision making processes.

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Atkinson, Evelyn. "Telegraph Torts: The Lost Lineage of the Public Service Corporation." Michigan Law Review, no. 121.8 (2023): 1365. http://dx.doi.org/10.36644/mlr.121.8.telegraph.

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At the turn of the twentieth century, state courts were roiled by claims against telegraph corporations for mental anguish resulting from the failure to deliver telegrams involving the death or injury of a family member. Although these “telegraph cases” at first may seem a bizarre outlier, they in fact reveal an important and understudied moment of transformation in the nature of the relationship between the corporation and the public: the role of affective relations in the development of the category of the public utility corporation. Even as powerful corporations were recast as private, rights-bearing, profit-making market actors in constitutional law, a significant minority of rural state courts deviated from the common law to impose liability for mental anguish on negligent telegraph corporations. They did so on the basis that telegraph companies bore a duty to protect the emotional wellbeing and family connections of their customers. In this, courts gave voice to the popular view, voiced by telegraph users and promoted by the companies themselves, of the telegraph corporation as a faithful servant of individual families and communities. In so doing, they embedded the historical and popular perception of the corporation as “servant” into the definition of “public service.” This Article exposes the private law of the public service corporation and the noneconomic dimension of the legal category of “public utility.” Current scholarship has focused on how turn-of-the-century jurists developed the category of “public utility” or “public service” corporation to justify state economic regulations that would otherwise infringe on corporations’ newfound constitutional rights. The telegraph cases reveal a concurrent and complementary development in tort law: the imposition of affective responsibilities on certain corporations as well. Illuminating this doctrine offers an example of how the public utility category could be mobilized to protect the emotional as well as economic wellbeing of the public today.

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Theodore, John. "The Lack Of Industrialization, The Limited Number Of Private Corporations, And The Retardation Of Management In Private Business Enterprises In Greece." Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS) 8, no. 2 (2012): 169–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jbcs.v8i2.6803.

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The purpose of this article was to examine and evaluate how 1) the late arrival of industrialization in Greece and the subsequent de-industrialization of the country deterred the formation and expansion of private corporations and impeded the mergers of small private enterprises in creating larger ones in the corporate form of business and 2) how the limited presence of private corporations retarded the development of management. Corporations are created through a planned initial formation and/or through the mergers of smaller corporate and non-corporate entities, such as proprietorships, partnerships, and family-owned non-stock corporations. Subsequently, the ample factors of production within the corporation allow the formation of professional management and the principles of organization which result in advanced managerial and organizational performance.

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Jonasson, Charlotte, and Jakob Lauring. "Rethinking the Harmonious Family: Processes of Social Organization in a Korean Corporation." Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies 24, no. 2 (2006): 33–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.22439/cjas.v24i2.815.

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Social harmony and stability have been described as almost inborn aspects of Korean corporations. After the East Asian economic crisis of 1997, however, most Korean organizations faced new demands for increased productivity and competitiveness. The fragile balance between social harmony and individual competition led, in some Korean corporations, to social negotiation and struggles to define the aim and character of the collective effort. By describing the subsequent social dynamics of a Korean bank corporation, this article aims to show how the perception of group harmony as a stable entity in East Asian organizations is too static a concept for analysing the social organization. Rather, the dynamics of the continuous production and reproduction of social structures have to be taken into account in order to understand working life in Korean organizations.

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RODE, Sanjay. "Financing the Infrastructure of Municipal Corporation on Sustainable Basis: A Case Study of Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation." MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS REVIEW 8, no. 1 (2023): 58–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.24818/mer/2023.02-05.

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Every Municipal Corporation must provide administrative services and develop infrastructure for people. The Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation is the fastest growing Municipal Corporation in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Urbanization is increasing rapidly in corporations, but infrastructure services are lagging behind. There is a mismatch between the revenue and expenditure of the corporation. The revenue receipts are significantly low due to lower property taxes and road construction. The revenue expenditure is increasing due to administration, architecture section, accounts, hospitals management, and construction sector. The capital receipts are significantly lower because of integrated health and family welfare receipts. The capital expenditure of the corporation has increased due to road repairing and construction, development work, and electricity expenditure. The municipal corporation must invest in civic infrastructure such as water supply, sanitation, solid waste and sewerage management, roads, public transportation, public gardens, street lights, and markets. Municipal Corporations must manage capital expenditure on a sustainable basis for civic infrastructure. It will improve the standard of living of the people.

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Ahmed, Neveen, Omar Farooq, and Mohammed Bouaddi. "Organizational structure, ownership structure and credit ratings: evidence from SMEs." Corporate Ownership and Control 11, no. 3 (2014): 63–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i3p4.

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This paper documents that credit ratings of closed corporations depend on their organizational structure and ownership structure (family management and family control). Using the data from the Survey of Small Business Finance (SSBF), we show that S-Corporations have higher credit ratings than C-Corporations. We argue that lower information asymmetries inherent in S-Corporations lead to better credit ratings. We also show that ownership structure – as explained by family control and family management – is also associated with higher credit ratings. We argue that increased monetary stake of a single entity – family – translates into his altruistic commitment and increased effort, thereby improving credit ratings.

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Kim, Sunghee. "A Study on Family-friendly Education of Corporations and Organizations Supporting Corporations." Journal of Korean Home Management Association 33, no. 2 (2015): 21–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.7466/jkhma.2015.33.2.21.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Family corporations"

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Ngai, Tin-ming Tony. "Evaluating strategic options for China business : perspective of the Chinese family firm /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14040323.

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Zhou, Wengang, and 周文港. "Entrepreneurial families and government-business relations : a comparative study on mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/208419.

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This research aims to examine the interactions, transformation and implications of the government-business relations of entrepreneurial families in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The similarities and differences of their operational patterns, strategies and impacts are also investigated. Establishing the political dimension as the foundation for this study enables this research to enrich the understanding of Chinese entrepreneurial families and address the gaps of conventional theories. Three influential entrepreneurial families in the cross strait tri-region—the Rong family in Wuxi, the Koo family in Taiwan and the Fok family in Hong Kong—are examined, with the application of clientelism and corporatism as the theoretical framework for analysis. Traditional Chinese values on business and businessmen are integrated into the theoretical discussion that serves as the basis of critical review of conventional theories and formulation of a new government-business relations theory relevant to the context of Chinese societies. All assumptions leading to such a theory are substantiated through conducting historical reviews and empirical analysis. This research primarily adopts a qualitative approach, using multiple case studies, historical and literature review, document analysis (including opened secret archives), in-depth interviews and field research. The research argues that such relations are rooted in the traditional Chinese cultural values and ideologies. With the support of party-state apparatus, or state apparatus, as well as operational mechanisms at both an individual and organizational level, the party-state-led or government-led government-business relations are established and sustained through various pathways. They also come as an embodiment of political alliance as the individual and organizational frameworks of corporatism interact and modify each other. It is asserted that an underlying mechanism is in constant operation to sustain the relational dynamics, but that such a mechanism cannot be explained in terms of legal considerations. The government-business relations of Chinese entrepreneurial families present cooperation but not opposition, and emphasize mutual dependence, trust and loyalty, which cannot be satisfactorily interpreted with clientelism. Public interests, or at least the coexistence of public and private interests, characterize the collaboration between the two parties in question. This research further reveals that entrepreneurial families undertake more political costs and risks than general family enterprises. This in turn provides proof of both the positive and the negative sides of political capital, which can potentially evoke extreme effects and constitute unstable factors for the development of entrepreneurial families. This understanding deviates from the past discourse which upholds the view that participation in government-business relations brings reasonable expectations about acquiring more interests on the part of entrepreneurial families. A comprehensive analysis of the involved interests and costs, opportunities and crises, as well as contributions and disadvantages confronting entrepreneurial families as a consequence of engaging in such government-business relations?as well as the manifestation of the distinctive operational models underlying such relations?are the important contributions made by this research.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Humanities and Social Sciences<br>Doctoral<br>Doctor of Philosophy

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魏天明 and Tin-ming Tony Ngai. "Evaluating strategic options for China business: perspective of the Chinese family firm." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31266770.

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Lam, Mong-ha. "Growth process in Chinese manufacturing firm /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18003473.

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Elvis, P. J. "The strategy and structure of the large, diversified, ethnic Chinese organisations of Southeast Asia." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21903530.

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Gwiliza, Nwabisa. "Strategies for sustaining family business through succession planning and family creed." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/193.

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Family business literature reveals that the majority of family businesses do not make it to the second generation, and quite a few are fortunate to be passed onto the third generation. Succession planning is the critical issue that enhances continuity of the family business. Relational influences indicate that the balancing of family systems and business systems is more likely to encourage high quality succession. The development of effective practical governance systems can help the family business achieve its strategy. External influences indicate that owner role adjustment, defined as the predecessor’s “letting go” in the firm, as well as the development and mentoring of the successor, shape the effectiveness of succession in the family business.

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Ring, John Kirk. "Stakeholder salience in the family firm." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2009. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-03302009-150029.

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Hui, Kwan-wah Hugo. "A case study on a Chinese family business." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42574250.

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King, Roger. "Two essays on corporate finance : the impact of independent non-executive directors and the longevity of family control /." View abstract or full-text, 2006. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?FINA%202006%20KING.

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Fox, Roderick Charles. "Successful implementation of succession planning: second generation." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012445.

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Family businesses are prevalent in South Africa and throughout the world. Succession is one of the largest challenges facing family businesses. It has been estimated that only one third of family businesses survive to the second generation. This study attempts to determine what the main features are to promote successful family business succession and continuity. The family chosen for this research is the Venter family. The research has scaled the various influencing variables from the literature review into the following focus areas: relationships, conflict, vision, effective succession characteristics and continuity. The findings reflect many instances found in the literature, some are: individuals can manage themselves and have relationships with others; have the ability to resolve conflicts; have mutual support and trust; there is respect between the founder and successor; the business vision is clear; communication is open and clear and decisions are based on expertise and knowledge. Many other aspects are highlighted in the research that follows. In addition, the study attempts to identify the generational effects, the major characteristics of the family owned succession process and the views of the predecessors on the succession process and the post succession period.

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Books on the topic "Family corporations"

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C, Gavino Jacinto, ed. Family corporations in transition. Asian Institute of Management, 2001.

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S, Hanks Roma, and Sussman Marvin B, eds. Corporations, businesses, and families. Haworth Press, 1990.

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Friedman, Dana E. Work-family needs: Leading corporations respond. Conference Board, 1992.

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Friedman, Dana E. Work-family needs: Leading corporations respond. Conference Board, 1992.

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E, Friedman Dana, Brothers Theresa, and Conference Board, eds. Work-family needs: Leading corporations respond. Conference Board, 1993.

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Kelley, Donald H. Family business organization. Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, 1990.

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B, Rose Mary, ed. Family business. E. Elgar, 1995.

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Cámara, Héctor. Derecho societario: Estudios relacionados con las Leyes 19,550 y 22,903. Ediciones Depalma, 1985.

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1945-, Ward John L., ed. Family business governance: Maximizing family and business potential. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Dean, Smith. Tall shadows: The story of the Getz family and Globe Corporation. Globe, 1993.

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Book chapters on the topic "Family corporations"

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Tsui, Judy S. L., and Vanessa Stott. "Governance in Family-Owned Hong Kong Corporations." In The Governance of East Asian Corporations. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230523272_3.

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Räthzel, Nora, Diana Mulinari, and Aina Tollefsen. "Constructing the Volvo Family: The West and the Rest." In Transnational Corporations from the Standpoint of Workers. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137323057_8.

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De Cieri, Helen, and E. Anne Bardoel. "A Framework for Work-Life Management in Multinational Corporations." In Work and Family Interface in the International Career Context. Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17647-5_11.

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Mugnaini, Karin. "Executive Education for Family Owned Portfolio Corporations: Needs and Challenges." In Executive Education after the Pandemic. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82343-6_26.

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Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "The Common Good and the Anthropological Insight." In Times of Insight: Conscience, Corporations, and the Common Good. Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09712-6_4.

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AbstractIn this chapter, I take up the insufficiency of the stockholder-stakeholder debate characteristic of business ethics in its earlier years. I argue that this debate rarely goes deeply enough: to a more comprehensive picture of the human person, a more robust account of the good. This is not optional—if such a more robust account of the good is not made explicit in a normative view of ethics, it inevitably enters beneath the surface, without being made explicit. The sources for more comprehensive accounts of the human person lie in moral traditions that we have inherited, faith traditions, or more secular rational frameworks. This realization, that a satisfactory account of applied normative ethics calls for an anthropology—a substantive view of the good for the human person and the common good of the human community—I call the anthropological insight. Without this insight, appeals to the interests of shareholders or stakeholders have very little content. Before concluding, this chapter explores two important topics: (a) the nature of the common good, and (b) the relevance of “mediating institutions.” Under (a), I discuss the aspiration of “integral human development” emphasized in several faith-based traditions. It maintains that if we focus on the good of the whole person, body and soul, including the reaching out for relationships that whole persons need for their flourishing, the good of all (the common good) can be achieved. Under (b), I argue that the common good requires mediating institutions between the individual and society at large: the family, churches, schools, voluntary organizations, businesses, and local governments. These institutions foster and reinforce the social motivations that are essential to the pursuit of the common good. This chapter is an organic part of a larger work about the overall contribution of Kenneth Goodpaster to the field of applied ethics and is best read in the context of that larger work.

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Fahed-Sreih, Josiane. "Suleiman Corporation Family Business5." In Conflict in Family Businesses. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62852-3_10.

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Anand, Anjni, and Veena Vohra. "A Qualitative Study on Work-Family Conflict, Social Support and Response Mechanisms of Individuals Working in Multi-National Corporations." In Business Governance and Society. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94613-9_6.

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Vansina, Leopold, and Marie-Jeanne Vansina-Cobbaert. "Transformation: Hope, Illusions and Reality. Transformations within a Family-Owned International Corporation." In Psychodynamics for Consultants and Managers. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470697184.ch12.

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Pulliam, Al. "Measuring ROI in a Modular/Reusable Safety Railing System in Commercial, Multi-Family & Residential Construction: Southeastern Framing Corporation." In Measuring ROI in Environment, Health, and Safety. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118899281.ch14.

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"6 Social Bonds—Family, Corporations, Languages." In The Great Immigration: Scots in Cracow and Little Poland, circa 1500-1660. BRILL, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004303102_008.

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Conference papers on the topic "Family corporations"

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Jiang, Minhua. "Crystal growth in China." In OSA Annual Meeting. Optica Publishing Group, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oam.1989.tum2.

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Crystal growth in China, with a history of about 1000 years, has been developing rapidly since the end of 1950. A powerful crystal growth community has been forming during the last three decades and many well-trained experts are now spread over the institutions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, universities, and industrial departments, each with its own characteristic. The crystal growth techniques have now reached a higher level. Almost all the artificial crystals needed for high tech in China today (including the major nonlinear optical crystals BGO, BBO, KTP, LiNbO3, KNbO3, and the KDP family which are now entering the international market) are grown. Combining theory with practice, China is now exploring new crystal materials. New nonlinear optical crystal BBO, LBO, LAP, organometallic complexes have been developed. Photorefractive crystal research and fundamental research based on crystal growth mechanisms and new physical effects are also under way, and Chinese researchers look to academic exchange and cooperation with worldwide crystal growth communities and applied industrial corporations.

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Touchton, George L., Alexandr Belokon, Mikhail Senkevych, and V. Belyaev. "A Novel Gas Turbine Product Line for Onsite Generation and Combined Heat and Power Between 400 kWe and 1.6 MWe." In ASME Turbo Expo 2004: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. ASMEDC, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2004-54257.

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In theory gas turbines have inherent advantages for on-site power generation and combined heat and power production in the size range from 50 kWe to 5 MWe. These include low maintenance costs, low vibration, low emissions impact, and ease of remote operation. They also have the potential for high efficiency and low capital costs. In practice they have failed to seriously challenge reciprocating engines dominant market position, despite many recent attempts by established corporations and innovative start-ups. The authors analyze the reasons for this, and discuss the performance goals that gas turbines (or any other new product) must meet in order to challenge and displace the incumbent technology. They then describe a novel gas turbine product line designed specifically to meet this specification in the size range from 400 kW to 1.6 MW. The design is a “clean sheet” of paper approach uniquely fusing industrial gas turbine and aero engine technologies and practices. Fully commercial, cost effective components and technology are applied throughout. The result is a family of machines, which have efficiencies, capital costs, emissions impact, and operating characteristics that make them directly competitive with reciprocating engines across the board. The authors base the features and operating characteristics of the machines on thermodynamic analysis, and component, and system designs prepared by Salut [Appendix A].

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Salsbury, Edward. "York Resource Recovery Center Control System Upgrade." In 13th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/nawtec13-3161.

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The York Resource Recovery Center was constructed and completed for the York County Solid Waste and Refuse Authority by Westinghouse Electric Corporation in October 1989. The design incorporated three Westinghouse O’Connor Rotary Combustors fitted with Deltak Boilers to provide a state-of-the art incineration system for the 400,000 residents of York County. Westinghouse incorporated many of their industrial products into the plant including their Westinghouse Data Processing Family Control System (WDPF) for control of the plant combustion and generation process.

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Walter, Wayne, and Edward Hensel. "Family-Based Project Approach to Multidisciplinary Senior Design." In ASME 2008 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2008-66128.

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During academic year 2006–07, a family of four closely related multi-disciplinary senior design projects was initiated. Each project team consisted of eight undergraduate students. The family of projects has continued during the academic year 2007–08, with three additional design projects comprised of 19 students. The intent of the family of design projects is two-fold. The first objective is to introduce students to the concept of designing a product within the context of a family of closely related products, similar to the approach that a corporation may use in its strategic approach to the marketplace. The second objective is to provide an open-source, open-architecture, modular, and scalable robotic vehicle platform usable by a wide range of researchers within the Kate Gleason College of Engineering looking for a vehicle to position cameras, sensors in networks, and for other data-gathering tasks. Students were given the challenge to design and manufacture a platform based on a single design, scalable across four payload orders of magnitude from 1kg to 1,000kg. The 10kg and 100kg variants were studied in AY2006–07, and the 1kg variant was introduced in AY2007–08. The largest, 1,000kg, planned for the future, will be about the size of a Honda Civic, so safety and fail-safe engineering is important. Each project in the family is expected to build on the technology used and lessons learned from prior and concurrent projects, much like the “next model year” in the auto industry, and information sharing requirements among concurrent engineering teams. Hardware, software, and design methods are reused whenever possible, and students are expected to develop their subsystem in the context of an evolutionary platform design. In this manner, the end-product from one design group becomes the starting point for another team. Responsibilities overlap so teams must work cooperatively, which mimics the industrial environment. Starting times on various projects may be staggered, and students must deal with documentation sharing issues, and preservation of design intent across multiple-project teams and academic terms. The paper will discuss the current status of the program, the lessons learned to-date, and future plans for the program.

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Biggar, Joshua. "An Uncertainty Analysis of Fluke Calibration Fused-Quartz Bourdon Tube Pressure Products." In NCSL International Workshop & Symposium. NCSL International, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.51843/wsproceedings.2013.39.

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The forced-balanced fused-quartz Bourdon tube (QBT) technology is a proven pressure measurement method, which has been used in the metrology field for over 50 years. In the summer of 2010, Fluke Calibration acquired Ruska Instrument Corporation from General Electric’s Sensing and Technologies division which added this unique, high-performance pressure measurement technology to the Fluke Calibration family of pressure products. The celebrated pedigrees in Fluke Calibration’s pressure coterie that employ QBT technology are the 7000 Series pressure products. 7000 Series pressure controllers and indicators, descend from a heritage of unmatched performance and residence in the metrology community. This paper aims at explaining the unique facets of QBT technology, basis of operation and the uncertainty classes available.

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Goding, David J. "Electro-Motive’s DE30AC Passenger Locomotive: A Systems Approach to Locomotive Configuration." In ASME 1998 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0347.

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Abstract Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors Corporation has designed the first two models in a series of new passenger locomotives for the North American market. Incorporating many new ideas and concepts through use of a systems approach to the locomotive configuration, these new models offer a significant advancement of the state-of-the-art for passenger locomotives. Among the features of the DE30AC locomotive family are: capability for up to 4,500 brake horsepower, stainless steel sidewalls on a monocoque carbody including integral fuel tank and improved collision strength; isolated engine-generator for low cab and wayside noise and reduced locomotive vibration; modularized equipment in centralized locations; AC traction and head end power (HEP) system; locomotive auxiliary electrical equipment powered from the HEP system; an optimized electrical equipment ventilation system; and a unique, opening front end to facilitate maintenance. This paper describes the locomotive and some of the design considerations in developing this model, with emphasis on the rationale used to select the production configuration.

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Parker, Gordon W. "New Electromagnetic Methods to Locate and Assess Buried CP Problems." In 2002 4th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2002-27266.

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In this era of increased market competitiveness and the need for cost reduction strategies, natural gas pipeline and local distribution companies are now able to control the growth of their cathodic protection (CP) pipeline maintenance costs with the emergence of several new tools and related methods for diagnosing CP problems. In the early 1990’s, corrosion control engineers at the Southern California Gas Company (SoCal) were encouraged to find new methods to reduce maintenance costs associated with the company’s approximately 173 million feet of cathodically protected pipelines, mains and services. Mindful of how the maintenance problems in their CP systems were typically being resolved, an intriguing concept was conceived that could potentially reduce these costs and increase productivity by at least 40%. Driven to become more cost efficient, SoCal and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in conjunction with the Gas Research Institute, now Gas Technology Institute (GTI) partnered with Radiodetection Corporation in the mid-90’s to research and design a more efficient way of troubleshooting and fault finding on CP systems. Radiodetections experience with electromagnetic detection equipment resulted in a family of non-invasive and cost-effective techniques to evaluate coating quality and to detect and record the flow of desired and interfering CP currents. The productivity gains and cost savings produced by this technology are significant. Additionally, problems that may have been difficult or impossible to detect now can be found allowing proactive and preventative maintenance. A history of these developments is discussed along with a brief review of the instruments technical aspects and capabilities. Typical field case studies are shown that demonstrate the improved corrosion control troubleshooting efficiencies available with these new technologies.

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Chen, Junhua, Mark G. Mitchell, and John G. Nourse. "Development of Ultra-Low Emission Liquid Fuel-Fired Microturbine Engines for Vehicular Heavy Duty Applications." In ASME Turbo Expo 2009: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2009-60257.

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Worldwide regulations currently set very stringent emissions standards for new on-road heavy-duty diesel engines (HDDE’s). For example, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) require 2010 and subsequent HDDE and vehicles to emit less than 0.2 g/bhp-hr (0.27 g/kW-hr) NOx and 5.0 g/bhp-hr (6.7 g/kW-hr) CO in addition to other strictly regulated pollutants. Diesel or biodiesel fired Microturbine engines are in use in hybrid electric vehicular (HEV) urban bus applications because of their extremely low emissions. In Capstone’s model years 2001 through 2003, liquid fueled gas turbines were certified by CARB for on-road heavy duty engine use, including urban bus applications. The engines achieved a low emission level of 0.7 g/hp-hr (0.94 g/kW-hr) NOx, 0.2 g/hp-hr (0.27 g/kW-hr) CO and 0.01 g/hp-hr (0.013 g/kW-hr) PM, which met emissions compliance levels for EPA and CARB regulations until 2010. To meet the upcoming 2010 EPA and CARB HDDE regulations, continuous research and development efforts have been taken at Capstone Turbine Corporation for its C30 family engines to further reduce the criteria pollutant emissions. Pollutant emissions were measured and analyzed for a Capstone C30 engine using ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) and five other opportunity fuels to obtain their actual cycle emissions for a typical New York City M60 route. By injector modification alone, the C30 engine was able to achieve 62% reduction in NOx emission. Additionally, an adjustment of turbine exit temperature was able to further reduce NOx. It was predicted that the liquid-fueled C30 engines would be able to demonstrate the compliance to the 2010 EPA/CARB new ultra-low emission standards.

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Hoyt, John G. "Dr. Daniel Savitsky." In SNAME Chesapeake Power Boat Symposium. SNAME, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/cpbs-2010-008.

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Dr. Daniel Savitsky, Professor Emeritus Stevens Institute of Technology, has been a leader in the field of high-speed marine vehicle hydrodynamics for 70 years. His landmark paper, "Hydrodynamic Design of Planing Hulls", published in the very first (1964) edition of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Marine Technology, is well known to all in the field. An in-depth look at his life and career beyond this singular contribution will be shared in honor of his many contributions to his family, colleagues, students and friends. Dan Savitsky began his career as a student at the College of the City of New York, graduating in 1942 to work for the EDO Corporation at College Point, New York. Here at EDO, his love for the planing surface was born with his involvement in the development of seaplane floats during the war. After being drafted into the Army of the United States, he was assigned to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ Langley Laboratory in 1944, where he advanced his knowledge not only of planing surfaces, but an important future skill, model testing. His next and current home was Stevens Institute’s Davidson Laboratory, where he obtained a Masters degree in 1952 and up the ranks from project engineer to Director of the Laboratory. He later obtained his Doctorate from New York University in 1972, and mentored untold scores of students. He achieved many honors during this time such as the SNAME Cochrane and Davidson awards and the Stevens Jess Davis award. These awards were earned through scientific contributions passed on to us in numerous papers and presentations, as well as through his active participation in professional organizations such as SNAME, ASME, ATTC, ITTC and many more. There are numerous accounts of his kindness and concern as well as scholarly advice to laymen, students and professionals alike. An attempt is made here to present Dr Savitsky’s many contributions, not just a tabulation of his technical achievements, but to include his influence on the many who have worked with or were taught by him.

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Men in maternity study: A summary of the findings from pre-intervention interviews with women and their husbands attending antenatal clinics at ESIC facilities in Delhi. Population Council, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh2002.1011.

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The Frontiers in Reproductive Health program, a USAID-funded project of the Population Council is conducting an operations research (OR) study that investigates the effects of male participation in a new model of maternity care that is gender sensitive and provided at the primary-care level. The immediate objectives are to increase the use of family planning methods in the postpartum period and to promote STI primary preventive practices in men and women. The three-year study called Men in Maternity (MiM) is being conducted in South Africa and India. In India, the project is collaborating with the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). The MiM intervention is facilitating the inclusion of men in their wives' antenatal and postpartum care with couple and individual counseling during pregnancy and at six weeks postpartum. The data presented in this update derives from a detailed Preliminary Findings Report. Interviews, conducted from November 2000 to November 2001, took place in all cases only after consent was first given by the women.

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Men in maternity study: Results from the pre-intervention survey of pregnant women and their husbands at the three interventions, and of only women at three control Employees' State Insurance Corporation dispensaries in Delhi, India: Preliminary findings. Population Council, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh2002.1010.

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The Frontiers in Reproductive Health program, a USAID-funded project of the Population Council, is conducting an operations research (OR) study that investigates the effects of male participation in a new model of maternity care that is gender sensitive and provided at the primary-care level. The immediate objectives are to increase the use of family planning methods in the postpartum period and to promote STI primary preventive practices in men and women. The three-year study called Men in Maternity (MiM) is being conducted in South Africa and India. In India, the project is collaborating with the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). The MiM intervention is facilitating the inclusion of men in their wives' antenatal and postpartum care with couple and individual counseling during pregnancy and at six weeks postpartum. The data presented in this report is derived from the baseline survey conducted from November 2000 to November 2001 of pregnant women between 10 and 26 weeks of gestation who were attending antenatal clinics at the six ESIC dispensaries.

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