Identify a place, and explore how family firms have shaped and sustained this context through time. How has the place in turn shaped the business and the family?

Select one of the following essay topics: – OPTION (C) WAS SELECTED AND APPROVED BY THE TEACHER!! I INCLUDE ALL THE OPTIONS JUST BECAUSE THE CONTENT WILL BE SIMILLAR .

a) Identify a suitable family firm, and, making a study of its people, exploring especially the dynamics between family members, as well as stewardship and agency approaches over time within this firm. How have the people in this firm worked together, or come into conflict, across generations, to build (and / or ruin) the family and the business?

b) Identify a place, and explore how family firms have shaped and sustained this context through time. How has the place in turn shaped the business and the family? What are the implications of your analysis for the future of this place, and any family firms currently embedded there? What advice would you give a local policy maker?

You may select any size of place to answer this question, depending on whether you choose to mainly take a micro, meso or macro perspective: a building, a plot of land, a street, a small locale, an island, a region, a city, a nation or a continent are all acceptable.

c) Identify a movie or classic novel in which there is a family business interface. Review its family-business storyline, critique its contents and relate it to readings in this course. Be sure to apply critical theoretical reasoning. For this essay, you need to gain my approval for your choice of work in advance