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Entrepreneurial Behavior as Learning Processes in a Transgenerational Entrepreneurial Family

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Within the extant body of literature, little is known as to how transgenerational entrepreneurial families develop entrepreneurial mind-sets in order to create value across generations. Accordingly, this chapter aims to explore the role of the family ownership group in entrepreneurial behavior by examining the entrepreneurial learning process in a transgenerational entrepreneurial family. In achieving this aim, the 4I organizational learning framework by Crossan et al. (An organizational learning framework: From intuition to institution. Academy of Management Review 24 (3): 522–537, 1999) is adapted as a theoretical lens. The empirical evidence that draws upon evidence from a detailed longitudinal case study illustrates the interjectory influence of the family ownership group within this process, suggesting that entrepreneurial learning in a transgenerational family firm is embedded at the family group level and reproduced and co-created as a result of resilient entrepreneurial behavior.

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Clinton, E., Gamble, J.R. (2019). Entrepreneurial Behavior as Learning Processes in a Transgenerational Entrepreneurial Family. In: McAdam, M., Cunningham, J.A. (eds) Entrepreneurial Behaviour. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04402-2_10

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