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Family Control and Family Firm Valuation by Family CEOs

The Importance of Intentions for Transgenerational Control

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ID23325354
AuthorsThomas Zellweger (0000-0002-8957-5542, University of St.Gallen), Thomas M Zellweger (Center for Family Business, University of St. Gallen, CH-9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland), Franz W Kellermanns (0000-0002-1441-5026, Department of Management, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996; and INTES Center for Family Enterprises, WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management, D-56179 Vallendar, Germany), James J Chrisman (0000-0003-0873-8280, Department of Management and Information Systems, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762; and Centre for Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R6, Canada), Jess H Chua (0000-0002-5325-9097, University of Calgary)
Year2012
Volume23
Issue3
Pages851-868
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueOrganization Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1047-7039 • E-ISSN: 1526-5455
PublisherInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1287/orsc.1110.0665
OpenAlexW2115973166
LanguageEN
Citations received45
References cited84

Family firms are thought to pursue nonfinancial goals that provide socioemotional wealth, but socioemotional wealth is feasible only with family control of the firm. Using prospect theory, we hypothesize that socioemotional wealth increases with the extent of current control, duration of control, and intentions for transgenerational control, thus adding to the price at which owners would be willing to sell their firms to nonfamily buyers. Findings from two countries show that current control has no impact, and duration of control has a mixed impact. However, intention for transgenerational control has a consistently positive impact on the perceived acceptable selling price.

Business · Control (management) · Developmental psychology · Economics · Management · Microeconomics · Perceived control · Socioemotional selectivity theory · Transgenerational epigenetics · Valuation (finance) · Accounting · Corporate Finance and Governance · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Family Business Performance and Succession · Psychology · Social Psychology

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