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The factors of growth of small family businesses: A robust estimation of the behavioral consistency in the panel data models
Benáček, Vladimír; Michalíková, Eva - 2011
The paper quantifies the role of factors associated with the growth (or decline) of micro and small businesses in European economies. The growth is related to employment and value added in enterprises as well as to ten institutional variables. We test the data for consistency of behavioural...
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Family business and regional development
Basco, Rodrigo (contributor); Stough, Roger (contributor);  … - 2021
This book explores the relationship between families, firms, and regions and the extent to which these relationships contribute to regional economic and social development. Although family business participation in economic activities has been a common phenomenon since pre-industrial societies,...
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Unions and the Labor Market for Managers
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Hallock, Kevin F.; DiNardo, John - 2000
We examine the relationship between the employment and compensation of managers and CEOs and the presence of a … monitoring, which requires more managers. The model also assumes rent sharing between workers, managers and the owners of the … firm. Unions, by redistributing rents towards the workers, lead to lower employment and lower pay for managers. Using a …
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A theory of expert leadership
Goodall, Amanda H. - 2012
How much knowledge should leaders have of their organization's core business? This is an important question but not one that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new 'theory of expert leadership' (TEL), this paper blends conceptual work with recent empirical evidence. It...
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HRM practices and performance of family-run workplaces: Evidence from the 2004 WERS
Siebert, W. Stanley; Peng, Fei; Maimaiti, Yasheng - 2011
This paper analyses HRM practices of family-run workplaces using the 2004 WERS. Family-ownership and management within workplaces in the corporate sector is our focus. This family-run group represents nationally about 26% of workplaces and 14% of employment. We find that employees in this group...
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The relationship among family business, corporate governance, and firm performance: An empirical assessment in the tourism sector
Leopizzi, Rossella; Pizzi, Simone; D'Addario, Fabrizio - In: Administrative Sciences 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-12
Tourism has been the subject of great attention of policy makers. The centrality of the sector derives from multiple factors, including the high number of subjects employed within the supply chain, the contribution to developing nations' economic growth, and the environmental implications of...
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Zum Einfluss des Geschlechts des Übergebers auf die Wahl des familieninternen Nachfolgers: Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse in deutschen Familienunternehmen
Schlömer-Laufen, Nadine; Kay, Rosemarie - 2013
Basis einer repräsentativen Befragung von Familienunternehmen aus dem Jahr 2008/2009 ein Logit-Modell geschätzt, um die …
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Die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung von Familien- und Frauenunternehmen
Fels, Markus; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen - 2022
Das IfM Bonn schätzt seit 2001 wiederholt die Zahl der Familienunternehmen sowie die Zahl der frauengeführten … Familienunternehmen in Deutschland. Die aktuelle Schätzung kommt für das Jahr 2019 auf eine Zahl von rund 3,2 Mill. Familienunternehmen …. Dies entspricht rund 90 % aller Unternehmen. 591.000 oder 18 % dieser Familienunternehmen sind frauengeführt …
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Endangering of Businesses by the German Inheritance Tax? – An Empirical Analysis
Houben, Henriette; Maiterth, Ralf - In: BuR - Business Research 4 (2011) 1, pp. 32-46
This contribution addresses the substantial tax privilege for businesses introduced by the German Inheritance Tax Act 2009. Advocates of the vast or even entire tax exemption for businesses stress the potential damage of the inheritance tax on businesses, as those often lack liquidity to meet...
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Unternehmensnachfolgen in Deutschland: Aktuelle Trends
Moog, Petra; Kay, Rosemarie; Schlömer-Laufen, Nadine; … - 2012
Da in Deutschland im Jahr 1989 letztmalig eine großzahlige, bundesweite Unternehmensbefragung zum Thema Nachfolge durchgeführt wurde, bestand Bedarf an aktuellen Daten. Deshalb hat der Stiftungslehrstuhl für allgemeine BWL, insbesondere Unternehmensnachfolge an der Universität Siegen in...
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