| Abstract [eng] |
Majority of small and medium enterprises are established by families. Therefore the conception of family business is often equated with the conception of small and medium enterprises. A few Lithuanian authors have analysed the phenomenality of small and medium businesses. However, in Lithuania there is still a lack of research about the family business itself, hence, this work researches the phenomenonality of the family business and its competitiveness. The aim of this master thesis is to reveal the main principles of family business competitiveness. The object of this study are the principles of competitive advantage of the family business. There are three main tasks for the thesis: • To higlight the factors influencing the competetive advantage of the family business. • To create a theoretical model for evaluation the factors influencing family business competitive advantage. • To explore the factors of family business competitive advantage. The methods of analysis used here are revision of scientific articles, analysis of documents of Lithuanian law, comparative and descriptive analysis, as well as the analysis of the statistical data collected at interviews with family business representatives. |
