Bøger i Familienunternehmen und KMU serien

Stiftungen stellen zentrale Elemente philanthropischen Handelns für Unternehmer dar. Weniger bekannt ist die Tatsache, dass sich Stiftungen ¿ obgleich sie originär nicht für private Zweckerfüllung konzipiert wurden ¿ auch exzellent zum Zwecke der Vermögensverwaltung bzw. Unternehmensführung eignen. Besonders Familienstiftungen weisen in diesem Zusammenhang vielfältiges Konfliktpotenzial auf und stellen eine Herausforderung aus Sicht des Stiftungsmanagements dar. Diese Untersuchung würdigt den Sachverhalt zum einen durch eine empirisch getestete Modellentwicklung, zum anderen wurden die Stiftungszwecke in den Fokus gestellt und damit ein neuartiger Stiftungstypus definiert: Die Vielzweckstiftung, welche im Zentrum der Konfliktanalyse steht. Dieses Buch stellt damit durch die genutzten Interviews mit Stiftern, Wissenschaftlern, Beratern, Aufsichtsbehörden und Interessensvertretungen eine wertvolle Ergänzung der bestehenden Literatur dar und ermöglicht es Praktikern und Wissenschaftlern,fundiertere Entscheidungen im Hinblick auf das Stiftungsmanagement zu treffen.

In her book Laura Seibold provides an overview of the literature on general growth components and different theoretical growth models with a special focus on family enterprises. This derived model combines the insights from general growth theory, family specific literature and the insights of top family firm leaders.

In this book Carola Normann-Tschampel develops an enhanced understanding of the relevance of Value-Based Management (VBM) to management practice in Mittelstand. The empirical investigation focuses on three specifically identified areas of management (strategic decision-making, objectives, attitudes) and uses a specific research approach.

Aaron Brückner zeigt, dass Familienunternehmen vor der paradoxen Herausforderung stehen, zum Konzern werden zu müssen, ohne zum Konzern zu werden. Die tradierten Denk- und Handlungsmuster des personenorientierten "Erfolgsrezeptes" von Familienunternehmen stehen auf dem Prüfstand und es werden zwei Führungsverhältnisse diskutiert, die Familie und Unternehmen als koevolutionäre Einheiten akzeptieren. Der dirigierende Chairman und der professionelle Nachfolger offenbaren, dass das Kooperationsumfeld zur Bewältigung des Musterwechsels von familienähnlichen zu organisationsförmigen Führungsverhältnissen gleichzeitig von familienfremden Managementressourcen als auch unternehmerischen Familienressourcen profitieren kann.

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 between the predecessor and the successor develops and affects successor leadership effectiveness.

She examines the efficacy of brand elements that signal family influence and that help external stakeholders to identify a family firm. Firstly, the importance of a family firm tagline as well as the family name as brand elements are able to signal "family firm" and this helps potential employees to immediately categorize the potential employer.

Margarete Rosina investigates whether it makes sense for family firms to communicate their family firm status to consumers.

Christoph Rose provides a broader differentiation of the perspective on family-owned companies. In contrast to several studies that merely discuss family-owned companies and non-family companies, his analysis is based on family influence, so the dominating heterogeneity of family-owned companies in practice is taken into account.

Joerg Schafer investigates the influence of family firm specific decision rationales based on socioemotional wealth on vertical and horizontal pay ranges in family firms.

Thomas Wittig aims at gaining additional insights into the crisis and turnaround process of SMEs, investigating both, the turnaround success and the impact of turnaround on the family role in family firms.

Annika Geyer aims to advance the currentunderstanding of variations in family businesses' growth performance and toexplain their potential origins.

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.

Using an experimental conjoint approach and building upon behavioral economics he examines the question of whether and why loan officers deal heterogeneously with different types of family firms in the context of their credit availability decisions.

Family firms are of particular importance for many economies. After a comprehensive literature review on family firm buyouts, the focus of his book is on the key steps of the investment process such as family firm valuation and negotiations between PE investors and family sellers.

Family offices manage and coordinate a family's combined wealth whilst preserving the family legacy and protecting family interests. At the same time, family offices act at the intersection of family and commerce, which makes this particular form of organization appealing to the field of strategic management.

Despite broad anecdotal evidence, little is known about the antecedents and outcomes of stakeholder trust when dealing with a family business.

This book reveals crucial differences between the challenges that family-owned and managed firms face as compared to non-family firms. Empirical evidence as presented in the book further shows how organizational identity affects whether and in what way firms adapt to radical shifts in their environment.

Small and medium-sized firms are a prevalent organizational form in Germany. The driver of this innovation success may well be the family, which distinguishes family firms from non-family firms. But how can a family influence innovation in a family firm and does this influence have only positive effects?