Succession and inheritance in Scottish business families, c.1875–1935
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8420402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robin Mackie (0000-0002-7534-409X, The Open University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-74 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076791.2019.1676236 |
| OpenAlex | W2980924200 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 30 |
This article explores the dynamics of succession and inheritance in Scottish business families during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Making use of the unusual quality of Scottish testamentary records, it explores the management of succession within family firms, focussing on the relationship between the choices made by business owners, their family circumstances, and the future of their firms. Taking the ‘family-centred’ approach to business development used by historians such as Morris, Owens and Barker for the period of the industrial revolution in England as a starting point, it argues that a broader understanding of inheritance can explain business succession, and that the control and ownership of family firms was changed by the uses made of limited liability
Business · Ecological succession · Economics · Family business · Genealogy · Inheritance (genetic algorithm · Liability · Management · Political science · Quality (philosophy · Sociology · Testamentary trust · Accounting · Family Business Performance and Succession · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Marketing · Scottish History and National Identity
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |