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Control en la empresa familiar

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  • Luis Cisneros
  • Guillermo Ramírez
  • Arturo Hernández

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Las empresas familiares son organizaciones de enorme complejidad que recientementese han convertido en objeto de estudio de diversas disciplinas, como la Administración,Sociología, Psicología y Antropología. Estas centran su atención en la sucesión, susformas de gobierno, los estilos de gestión y la cultura empresarial, entre otros aspectos.No obstante, es necesario incluir en el debate un tema esencial para la perennidad deeste tipo de firmas: el control. En el presente texto se reflexiona sobre la manera comolas companías adoptan mecanismos formales de control orientados hacia los resultados;también sobre el importante papel de la familia en el desarrollo de controles de carácterinformal, con un sistema compartido de valores y creencias. Control in family businesses Family businesses are organizations of enormous complexity that have recently become an object of study of disciplines like Management, Sociology, Psychology and Anthropology. These center their attention on the succession, their governing forms, management styles and organizational culture, among others. However, the control is an essential topic to be included in the debate because of its relation with the perpetuity of this kind of organizations. This article aims to reflect first on how companies adopt formal results-oriented control mechanisms and, the important role that the family plays in the development of informal kind of control that integrates a system of shared values and beliefs.

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  • Luis Cisneros & Guillermo Ramírez & Arturo Hernández, 2011. "Control en la empresa familiar," Revista Ad-Minister, Universidad EAFIT, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000475:011783
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    Keywords

    Empresa familiar; sucesión; gobernanza; gestión; control; Family Business; Succession; Governing; Management; Control.;
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    JEL classification:

    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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