What is Different About Family Businesses?
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Summary:
Family businesses make up forty percent of the Fortune 500 companies in the US, generate about two-thirds of the German GDP, employ about one-half of the labor force in Britain, and account for the majority of the private economies in developing countries. This paper develops a theory of family business that brings market forces and the family, as a nonmarket institution, under one rubric. The paper highlights and analyzes important factors, including product market competition, trust, and succession, which allow family businesses to thrive and to successfully compete with other businesses.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2001/070
Subject:
Competition Financial institutions Financial markets Financial sector policy and analysis Income Insurance Labor Moral hazard National accounts Wages
English
Publication Date:
May 1, 2001
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451849158/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA0702001
Pages:
37
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