在颠覆性变革中生存:历史在调整家族企业战略和身份方面的作用

IF 9.5 1区 管理学 Q1 BUSINESS
Jana Bövers , Christina Hoon
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摘要

在不断变化的环境中生存是家族企业长寿的挑战之一。我们认为,在破坏性环境中导航与战略和/或身份适应、修改和变化密不可分。从战略-认同联系的角度来看,这些变化承担了战略和认同不连续转变的风险。在本文中,我们提供了三种类型的战略身份不一致,并假设战略和身份的一致性是企业生存的关键。为了揭示家族企业如何将秩序带入其战略和身份取向,我们借鉴了有关组织历史使用的文献。我们对一家拥有百年历史的德国家族企业进行了定性深入和纵向的案例研究,该企业在服装行业的重大变革中幸存下来。通过探索独特的战略-身份不一致性,我们发现了三种使用历史的模式(“调整历史”、“发明历史和忘记历史”和“调用历史”),家族企业利用历史记录来确保身份通过战略不断制定和表达,并从战略中推断、修改和肯定。我们的见解不仅对理解家族企业的战略-身份关系,而且对历史利用的研究具有重要意义。
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Surviving disruptive change: The role of history in aligning strategy and identity in family businesses

Surviving a constantly changing environment is one of the challenges for the longevity of family firms. We assume that navigating through disruptive environments is inextricably linked to strategy and/or identity adaptation, modification and change. From a strategy-identity nexus point of view, these changes bear the risk of discontinuous shifts in strategy and identity. In this paper, we offer three types of strategy-identity inconsistencies and assume an alignment in strategy and identity as key for business survival. To uncover how family businesses bring order into their strategy and identity orientations, we draw upon the literature on the use of organizational history. We conducted a qualitative in-depth and longitudinal case study of a 100-year old German family business, which managed to survive major changes in the clothing industry. By exploring distinctive strategy-identity inconsistencies, we found three modes of the use of history (‘adjusting history’, ‘inventing history and historical forgetting’ and ‘invoking history’) whereby the family business drew upon historical accounts to ensure that identity was continuously enacted and expressed via strategy, and inferred, modified and affirmed from strategy. Our insights have significant implications not only for understanding the strategy-identity nexus in family businesses but also for research on the use of history.

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CiteScore
11.40
自引率
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发文量
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Family Business Strategy takes an international perspective, providing a platform for research that advances our understanding of family businesses. Welcoming submissions across various dimensions, the journal explores the intricate interplay between family dynamics and business operations, contributing new insights to this specialized field.
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