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Family and Non-Family Business Resilience in an Economic Downturn

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  • Bruno Amann

    (IUT Paul Sabatier - Institut Universitaire de Technologie - Paul Sabatier - UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT - Université de Toulouse, LGC - Laboratoire de Gestion et de Cognition - UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT - Université de Toulouse)

  • Jacques Jaussaud

    (CREG - Centre de recherche et d'études en gestion - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour)

Abstract

As widely documented in academic literature, family businesses perform better and enjoy a sounder financial structure than non-family businesses, a trend that applies to Japan as well, which is the context of this paper. Therefore, conventional wisdom suggests that family businesses should recover better or more easily from an economic downturn and persist in their stronger performance. This study tests this hypothesis, especially in reference to the current global economic crisis, by drawing lessons from the Asian crisis of 1997, for which relevant data are available. The study pertains specifically to the case of Japanese family and non-family companies. The empirical investigation uses a matched pair methodology, which allows for strong controls of size and industry variables. The sample consists of 98 carefully selected pairs (one family and one non-family) of firms that are of the same size and from the same industry. According to the results, family businesses achieve stronger resilience both during and after an economic crisis, compared with non-family businesses. They resist the downturn better, recover faster, and continue exhibiting higher performance and stronger financial structures over time.
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  • Bruno Amann & Jacques Jaussaud, 2012. "Family and Non-Family Business Resilience in an Economic Downturn," Post-Print hal-02431086, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02431086
    DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.537057
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