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Buyouts in Familienunternehmen - eine Herausforderung für Private Equity

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  • Stephan Stubner
  • Christian Landau
  • Torsten Wulf
  • Robert Gietl

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Die Unternehmensnachfolge durch den Verkauf an Private Equity-Unternehmen gewinnt in der Praxis der Familienunternehmen eine immer stärkere Bedeutung. Private Equity-Unternehmen zielen darauf ab, den Wert ihrer Portfoliounternehmen in der Halteperiode zu steigern. Managementeingriffe in das Portfoliounternehmen bilden dafür prinzipiell einen wichtigen und erfolgversprechenden Hebel. Wir zeigen jedoch auf Basis des ressourcenorientierten Ansatzes und der Familiensystemtheorie, dass diese Managementeingriffe bei ehemals familiengeführten Portfoliounternehmen keinen bzw. sogar einen negativen Effekt besitzen können. In einer empirischen Untersuchung bei 118 europäischen Private Equity-Buyouts von Familienunternehmen finden wir Bestätigung für unsere Hypothesen. Wir tragen mit unseren Ergebnissen zur Nachfolgeforschung in Familienunternehmen bei, indem wir darauf hinweisen, dass ein Erwerber, der die spezifischen Ressourcen und Fähigkeiten von Familienunternehmen nicht nutzen und weiterentwickeln kann, keine positiven Effekte auf den Unternehmenserfolg erzielt. Zur Private Equity-Forschung tragen wir bei, indem wir aufzeigen, dass bei der zunehmend bedeutender werdenden Zielgruppe der Familienunternehmen als Investitionsobjekte eine differenzierte Herangehensweise insbesondere bei Managementeingriffen notwendig ist. / Family firm succession via a sale to a private equity company has recently gained in importance throughout Europe. During the investment period, private equity companies typically try to increase the value of their portfolio company through active involvement in its management. Based on the resource based view and family systems theory we show that such a behavior will be unsuccessful if the portfolio company is a former family firm. We empirically test our hypotheses on a sample of 118 European family firm buyouts and find support for our argumentation. With our study we add to family firm succession research by highlighting that acquirers that are not able to utilize the specific resources and competencies of family firms will not be able to have a positive impact on its performance. We also add to the private equity literature as we show that private equity companies should take a differentiated approach for their value adding activities when they invest in a family firm.

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  • Stephan Stubner & Christian Landau & Torsten Wulf & Robert Gietl, 2013. "Buyouts in Familienunternehmen - eine Herausforderung für Private Equity," ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 61(1-2), pages 115-135.
  • Handle: RePEc:dah:aeqzfk:v61_y2013_i1-2_q1-2_p115-135
    DOI: 10.3790/zfke.61.1-2.115
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    1. Felix K. Thiele, 2017. "Family businesses and non-family equity: literature review and avenues for future research," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 67(1), pages 31-63, February.

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