56th Annual World Conference of the International Council for Small Business - ICSB 2011

Claßen, C. (Speaker)

Professorship of Business Administration, in Particular Business Start-Ups

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Description

Nature of Crises in Family Businesses

Many surveys show the high impact of family businesses on the economy of many nations. Nevertheless crises endanger the further existence of a company. The coupling of the independent but overlapping systems “family”, “business” and “ownership” characterizes the family businesses organization.
This paper analyzes the nature of crises in family enterprises referring to the specific organizational structure and discusses different types of crises in contrast to family firms and non-family firms. The distinction is based in the organization’s structure. In addition, a framework of different dimensions of crises in family businesses is developed.

Period	15.06.2011 → 18.06.2011
Event type	Conference
Conference number	56
Sponsor	International Council for Small Business
Location	Stockholm, SwedenShow on map

Research areas and keywords

Management studies
Entrepreneurship