RT Journal Article
T1 The Strategies of the Spanish cotton textile companies before the Civil War: the road to longevity
A1 Fernández-Roca, Fco. Javier
K1 family firms
K1 cotton firms
K1 strategies
K1 Spain
AB This study, based on family business theories, offers an innovative vision of the Spanish cotton industry. It proves that Spanish cotton companies, just like their European counterparts, implemented a strategy that was consistent with their nature as family businesses and went beyond the economic-institutional frames within which they developed. The article identifies this strategy as `conservative, because its main objectives were longevity and family control and because it was based on a high percentage of own resources, low levels of indebtedness and organic growth, thus sacrificing profitability for the sake of security.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0007-6791
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/1944
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/1944
LA en
NO Business History, 54(7): 1023 - 1054.
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide
DS RIO
RD May 10, 2026