@article{1378119,
      author = {Lantelme, Maximilian,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1378119},
      title = {The rise and downfall of Germany's largest family and  non-family businesses : a historical study and strategic  analysis from 1971 to 2011 /},
      abstract = {Maximilian Lantelme examines the historical growth and  decline developments of large German family and non-family  businesses between 1971 and 2011. Based on a sample of the  143 largest German companies in 1971 and in 2011, the  author investigates the long-term development of each  company and calculates compound annual growth rates (CAGR)  to compare the developments of total sales and of the  number of employees between the enterprises with the  overall development of the German economy. Additionally, he  presents the exit rates as well as the reasons for the  downfalls of the different types of companies. The results  show a superior development of family businesses especially  compared to non-family businesses due to lower exit and  higher growth rates. The strategic implications are that  family businesses should achieve a certain corridor of  growth in the long-term to secure the company's existence  over generations.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-16169-9},
      recid = {1378119},
      pages = {1 online resource (x, 124 pages)},
}