Relationship of family culture with the performance of the family businesses in Kashmir

Family business has been defined as a business that is owned and managed (i.e., controlled) by one or more family members (Handler, 1989; Hollander & Elman, 1988). A more detailed definition is provided by Davis and Tagiuri (1982). Therefore this paper is an attempt to find out the relationship of family culture with the performance of the family businesses in Kashmir. This paper is divided into three parts. Part one represents introduction, reviews of literature, research methodology and objectives of the study. Part two review the relationship of family culture with the performance of the family businesses in Kashmir. The analysis in this paper is qualitative as well as quantitative. This study is based on information obtained from primary sources which includes 200 family business firms which are taken from the selected cities of Kashmir names Kupwara, Anantanagh and Budgam. Final and third part includes findings and conclusion of the study.