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Special Issue of BUSINESS HISTORY Taylor & Francis Group "THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON BUSINESS LONGEVITY" DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF FINAL PAPER: SEPTEMBER, 30TH 2013 GUEST EDITORS Maria Rosaria Napolitano (UniversityofSannio-Italy) VittoriaMarino (UniversityofSalerno-Italy) Jari Ojala (UniversityofJyväskylä-Finland) The special issue (targeted publication date: April, 2014) is aimed at investigating firms' longevity factors. The importance of longevity has been highlighted by earlier studies on family business by focusing on their difficulties to overcome the third generation, thus becoming enduring enterprises. Hence the strong interest in literature, on the one hand for business succession in family enterprises, on the other for the identification of enduring firms' distinctive features. In order to fill both a theoretical and an empirical gap, several contributions have attempted to model the values of longevity and their role in the entrepreneurial transition processes of succeeding family businesses through cross-national comparisons and, above all, by using the localization variable as a cultural activator for longevity. The stream of studies on firms longevity has gradually gained autonomy with respect to family business, expanding the research perspective to SMEs and entrepreneurial orientation, processes of organizational learning in global strategic alliances, growth paths of large firms through alliances and networking and the relationship between longevity and financial crises. Moreover, the study of firms longevity has been enriched by the fertilization of multidisciplinary approaches that have been continuing to investigate the phenomenon through conceptual matrixes of different cultural backgrounds, contributing to the development of knowledge on the subject. We are inviting papers, both empirical and theoretical, that examine longevity in a wide range of enterprises of different types of ownership, activities and sizes. Internationally comparative papers and those exploring longevity within particular regional and national contexts are particularly welcome. SUBJECT COVERAGE Potential topics include, but are not limited to: _Sources of competitive advantage and firms' longevity_ _Business and longevity_ _SMEs' longevity factors_ _Corporate Entrepreneurship and longevity_ _Internationalization processes and longevity_ _Corporate reputation and longevity_ _Country-Specific succession processes in family business_ _Succession phases and business survival_ _Entrepreneurial transition processes towards the descendants_ GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS Submitted papers should not have been previous published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on web page (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0007-6791&linktype=44 [1]) For more information, contact Maria Rosaria Napolitano ([log in to unmask]) or Vittoria Marino ([log in to unmask]). CONFERENCE IN ITALY Some authors of selected papers will be invited to present the results of their researches at the Conference "Historic companies and histories of companies" to be held at University of Sannio (Benevento - Italy) on December 2013. EDITORS AND NOTES You may send one copy in the form of a PDF file attached to an email to the following: Maria Rosaria Napolitano, _Professor of Strategy_ Department of Economic, Law and Social Studies Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences UniversityofSannio Italy e-mail: [log in to unmask] [2] VittoriaMarino, _Professor of International Marketing_ Department of Management Faculty of Economics UniversityofSalerno Italy e-mail: [log in to unmask] [3] Jari Ojala, _Professor of History_ Department of History and Ethnology UniversityofJyväskylä Finland e.mail: [log in to unmask] [4] Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue. -- Vittoria Marino Associate Professor of International Marketing Faculty of Economics University of Salerno Via Ponte don Melillo Fisciano 84084 (SA) ITALY e-mail [log in to unmask] tel. +39-089-963022 fax. +39-089-963505 mobile +39-320-7406344 Links: ------ [1] http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0007-6791&linktype=44 [2] mailto:[log in to unmask] [3] mailto:[log in to unmask] [4] mailto:[log in to unmask] ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.