Essays about: "professional family firm"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words professional family firm.

  1. 1. The Revelation of a Trade-Off: A Case Study of CEO succession in a Swedish Family Firm

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Claud Henze; Joakim Edlund; [2021]
    Keywords : Family firm; CEO succession; Competence; Trade-off;

    Abstract : This case study explores the presence of a competence trade-off contingent on company needs when choosing a CEO successor in a family firm. This is done through the guidance of our research question: What is the trade-off between formal and cultural competence in a family firm when choosing a CEO successor?Our purpose is to contribute to the literature by building further on findings that challenge the traditional understanding of CEO succession in family firms. READ MORE

  3. 2. Non-family CEOs in family firms - A Clash of Logics? : A study on how different logics and perceptions of professionalism  shape expectations and affect relationships.

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Daniel Ruus; Andreas Askmark; [2015]
    Keywords : Family Business; Non-Family CEO; NFC; Clash of Logics; Perceived Professionalism; CEO Recruitment; Clash of Logics; Relationships in Family Business;

    Abstract : In the near future several Swedish family firms will face a need for succession. Many times there is no available successor within the family firm. Hiring a non-family CEO (NFC) is thus a solution to keep the firm within the family. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Effect of Founding Family Ownership on Financial Constraints

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Philip Ahlgren; Daniel Nejman; [2015]
    Keywords : Family Firms; Financial Constraints; Information Asymmetries; Agency Costs;

    Abstract : This paper studies the effect of founding family ownership on financial constraints. We hypothesize that capital markets frictions arising from informational asymmetries and agency conflicts are mitigated by the presence of founding family shareholders, thus rendering lower financial constraints. READ MORE

  5. 4. Blood is Thicker Than Water : An Examination of the Exclusion of Non-Family Managers in Family Firms

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Damjan Malbasic; Christina Purtscheller; [2015]
    Keywords : family firm; non-family manager; exclusion; values and norms;

    Abstract : In this thesis we show how and why non-family managers are excluded in family firms. Additionally, we depict the implications of exclusion on an individual as well as a business level. READ MORE

  6. 5. Moderating Effects on Entrepreneurial Orientation in a Professional Family Firm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Gustafsson; Etienne Eisfeller; [2014]
    Keywords : Corporate entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial orientation; professional family firm; organizational and environmental moderators; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Thesis purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine what factors moderates or influence the entrepreneurial orientation. Our study provides a unique context that was examined. Argued by theory, moderators vary according to different contexts. READ MORE