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Identifying and classifying family businesses

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Diéguez Soto, J. López Delgado, P. Rojo Ramírez, A.
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	One of the main challenges facing those researching family business is that of defining what exactly constitutes a family business when considering whether family businesses and non-family businesses are different or not. Most research on the definition of family firms has been conceptual-based, and the choice of definition has lacked empirical support. Previous research has not yet obtained conclusive results regarding the differences between family and non-family firms. Moreover, very few countries worldwide have explicit database information to enable them to recognize family firms. This research uses an abductive method to identify family-involved firms (FIFs) with homogeneous features compared to the rest of firms regarding performance, an essential indicator of the firm’s success. Second and later generation FIFs, despite their internal differences, make up a uniform group of firms when considering several dimensions of performance (leverage, efficiency and profitability), and differ significantly from the rest of firms. At the same time we test whether entrepreneurial firms (lone- founder firms) should be considered family firms or non-family firms, according to their behavior. Results agree with making a distinction between lone-founder firms, in which no relatives are involved as internal stakeholders, and FIFs.
Starting Page	603
Ending Page	634
Page Count	32
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18636683
Journal	Review of Managerial Science
Volume Number	9
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	18636691
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-05-27
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Family business identification Family business classification Performance Leverage Survival Efficiency Profitability Business/Management Science Accounting/Auditing Finance/Investment/Banking Marketing Business Strategy/Leadership Production/Logistics/Supply Chain
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Business, Management and Accounting

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