Introduction -- From the Literature Review to the Research Question and the relevant Definitions -- Methodology -- Presenting the Results of the Quantitative Data Analysis -- The Narrative Depiction of the Samples -- Conclusion -- Complete List of References.

CEO succession represents a challenge for many companies. The leadership style of the new CEO impacts employees’ attitudes which, in turn, might be biased by the comparison employees make with their previous CEO. Cristina Pratelli investigates how and why leadership style (dis)similarity...

Margarete Rosina investigates whether it makes sense for family firms to communicate their family firm status to consumers. To do so, she conducts two experimental studies using a sample of 349 consumers. Using a branding perspective, the first study looks at whether consumers perceive family...

Sandra Wolf develops a better understanding of the importance of clearly communicating family influence. She examines the efficacy of brand elements that signal family influence and that help external stakeholders to identify a family firm. An experiment with 543 students in Germany and...

Jörg Schäfer investigates the influence of family firm specific decision rationales based on socioemotional wealth on vertical and horizontal pay ranges in family firms. Building on a primary data set of over 200 family firms in Germany and applying multiple regression analysis techniques, as...

Goal Cascade of Family Enterprise´s Strategy -- Family Enterprises as Research Objects -- Theoretical Side: Results, Model Building and Discussion -- The Practical Side: Pragmatic-Normative Implications.

Vertrauen ist in Unternehmen unerlässlich und Familienunternehmen werden oft mit einem hohen Maß an Vertrauenswürdigkeit assoziiert. Timo Eßer untersucht, ob nicht-finanzielle Ziele die Vertrauenswürdigkeit von Familienunternehmen und Nicht-Familienunternehmen in den Augen ihrer Fach- und...

Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen familieninternen und familienexternen Geschäftsführern in Familienunternehmen kann durch Asymmetrien auf der Beziehungsebene belastet sein. In Anlehnung an teampsychologische Forschung untersucht Alisa Pfeiffer, welche sozialen Mechanismen auf die Effektivität...

Einleitung -- Rechtliche und ökonomische Grundlagen -- Deutsche Stiftungen mit Unternehmensbezug -- Systematische Literaturanalyse und Modell -- Experteninterviews -- Diskussion und Ausblick -- Literaturverzeichnis.