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Loss of control vs. risk reduction: decision factors for hiring non-family CFOs in family firms

Lutz, Eva; Schraml, Stephanie; Achleitner, Ann-Kristin - 2010

Objectives: We examine decision factors of family firm owners for hiring a non-family Chief Financial Officer (CFO). We explore the perceptions of family firm owners towards external managers by analyzing how their family-specific and company-specific goals relate to the employment of a...

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Goal structures in family firms: empirical evidence on the relationship between firm and family goals

Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Braun, Reiner; Schraml, Stephanie - 2009

Goal structures in family firms seems of particular interest to the field as the overall orientation and the objectives of family firms are determined in an area of potential conflict between the two subsystems of firm and family. We asked shareholders of German family firms to rate the...

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Angels or demons? Evidence on the impact of private equity firms on employment

Nathusius, Eva; Achleitner, Ann-Kristin - 2009

The impact of private equity firms on employment in their portfolio companies is a controversial topic widely discussed in academia and in practice in recent years. A large body of research has resulted from this debate. The studies are focused on different aspects of employment and are based on...

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Savings constraints and microenterprise development: Evidence from a field experiment in Kenya

Dupas, Pascaline; Robinson, Jonathan - 2009

This paper presents results from a field experiment designed to test whether savings constraints prevent the self-employed from increasing the size of their businesses. We opened interest-free savings accounts in a local village bank in rural Kenya for a randomly selected sample of poor daily...

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Savings constraints and microenterprise development: Evidence from a field experiment in Kenya

Dupas, Pascaline; Robinson, Jonathan - 2009

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Entrepreneurship education in German speaking Europe: a mapping

Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Kaserer, Christoph; Jarchow, Svenja - 2007

Entrepreneurship education plays a crucial role in shaping the attitudes of students towards entrepreneurship as well … the agenda for universities around the world. In this study, we took a look at the higher education entrepreneurship …, Austria, Liechtenstein and German-speaking Switzerland, using a broad definition of entrepreneurship. Our goal was to capture …

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Beteiligungskapital und selektive Informationssuche in mittelständischen Unternehmen

Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Poech, Angela; Groth, Thorsten - 2005

A survey conducted by the Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS) at Technische Universität München in cooperation with the chamber of commerce (IHK) for Munich and Oberbayern showed that mid-sized businesses show great interest in private equity. However, nearly 60% of the 266...

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What you get is what you need? The role of venture capitalists in managing growth of new ventures

Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Fingerle, Christian H. - 2004

The resource-based view is suggested as a useful concept to shed light on the particular challenges of high potential companies on their way to building a thriving and growing company. In order to be able to apply the theoretical constructs of the resource-based view in the present context, a...

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