Explaining Conflicts Between Active and Non-Active Shareholders in Family Firms

Jan-Folke Siebels (), Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufseß () and Lars Schweizer ()
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Jan-Folke Siebels: Technische Universität Berlin
Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufseß: Technische Universität Berlin
Lars Schweizer: Goethe-University Frankfurt

Schmalenbach Business Review, 2017, vol. 18, issue 4, No 1, 305-341

Abstract: Abstract This study aims at analyzing an under-researched and important topic in the context of family business, namely the conflicts between active and non-active shareholders stemming from their different roles and goals. It seeks to understand why and how roles and objectives of non-active shareholders differ in family firms and why and under which circumstances conflicts between active and non-active shareholders arise. Using a multiple-case, inductive research design and drawing on identity theory, we develop a conceptual framework explaining when active and non-active shareholders based also on their different roles and goals tend to get into conflict with one another.

Keywords: Family business; Non-active shareholders; Identity theory; L29; M19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s41464-017-0037-8

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