Australian Family Businesses: Ready to Thrive Post COVID-19?
ISBN: 978-1-80117-667-5, eISBN: 978-1-80117-666-8
Publication date: 28 November 2022
Abstract
Family businesses account for 70% of businesses in Australia, and employ half of Australia's workforce (ASBFEO, n.d). Although they form an integral part of Australian economy and society, the experience of COVID-19 has undoubtedly created both change and challenges for family businesses. Are Australian family businesses ready to manage this change and cope with these challenges? In this chapter we explore this question by discussing the “state-of-the-art” about family businesses in Australia, and present research directions to develop knowledge about the readiness of Australian family businesses to not only flourish but to be sustainable in the post COVID-19 world.
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Citation
Caspersz, D., Stevanovski, M. and Seet, P.-S. (2022), "Australian Family Businesses: Ready to Thrive Post COVID-19?", Montiel Méndez, O.J., Tomaselli, S. and Maciel, A.S. (Ed.) Family Business Debates, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 165-182. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-666-820221009
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2023 Donella Caspersz, Mare Stevanovski and Pi-Shen Seet. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited