A SUGGESTED HETERODOX PERSPECTIVE FOR THE STUDY OF FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES IN COLOMBIA (Article published in Spanish)

Authors

  • Ruth Esperanza Román Castillo Doctoranda en Ciencias de Gestión, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - L’Université de Rouen y l’Université Paris 13, Colombia-Francia. Profesora de tiempo completo, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0123-5923(09)70082-8

Keywords:

Family-owned business, orthodox research, heterodox research

Abstract

This paper identifies some orthodox trends in national research on this subject and a set of heterodox approaches used by Anglo-Saxon researchers based on the review of secondary sources such as books, articles, and graduation projects for the purpose of encouraging a reflection and an assessment. The results of this review allowed determining that orthodox theories have had a significant dissemination among Colombian researchers and students. Heterodox approaches, on the contrary, are less well-known and less frequently used. It proposes conducting an in-depth review of this set of recent theories and constructs and evaluating their applicability to achieve an understanding of the idiosyncrasy of family-owned businesses in Colombia as an alternative current of national research.

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Published

2009-09-30

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A SUGGESTED HETERODOX PERSPECTIVE FOR THE STUDY OF FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES IN COLOMBIA (Article published in Spanish). (2009). Estudios Gerenciales, 25(112), 101-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0123-5923(09)70082-8