Buyouts involve the acquisition of the total shares or a controlling stake in a company. Oliver Ahlers analyzes buyouts that involve family firms and private equity investors. The author starts with a comprehensive literature review on family firms, private equity, and buyouts. The focus of this...

Sufficient capital is the basic requirement necessary to operate the business, to fund innovation, to drive growth and to successfully hand over the business to next generations. Thomas Pijanowski investigates the impact of family firms on bank loan officers’ judgment and decision making in...

Pascal Engel investigates how outside directors are incentivized in family firms that are publicly listed but still partly owned by members of the founding family. Owning families significantly influence their firms' corporate conduct with their own set of goals, sometimes in conflict with...

Helge Döring untersucht wie Familienunternehmen unterschiedlicher Größen durch die Ausgestaltung von IT-basierten und nicht IT-basierten Werkzeugen ihr bestehendes Wissen unter allen Mitarbeitern verteilen, neues Wissen aus der Umwelt aufnehmen und Wissensabflüsse z.B. durch Pensionierungen...

Adaptation to discontinuous technological change constitutes a major, yet vincible challenge for established companies. Nadine Kammerlander reveals crucial differences between the challenges that family-owned and managed firms face as compared to non-family firms. Series of case studies in the...

Antecedents and outcomes of stakeholder trust in family businesses -- An application of the integrative model of organizational trust -- The influence of family ownership on stakeholders’ perceptions of trustworthiness -- Family businesses’ ability to attract new talent: who is attracted and...

Typology of family offices -- Financial and non-financials goals of families -- Formal and informal control mechanisms -- Interdependencies between family business and family office -- Antecedents of conflict in family offices -- Consequences of conflict in family offices

Annika Halder zeigt, dass der Einfluss von Familienmitgliedern und die Persönlichkeit des Familienunternehmers entscheidend für die unternehmerische Ausrichtung und die Innovationsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens sind. Dabei berücksichtigt sie erstmals auch Familienmitglieder, die nicht im...

Veränderungstreiber als Vorboten des Musterwechsels -- Das strukturelle Führungsdilemma -- Zwei erfolgsversprechende Führungsverhältnisse -- Empirische Spurensuche nach Veränderungsmustern -- Ansatzpunkte für zukünftige Forschung.