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Essays on mergers & acquisitions in family firms

  • Within this doctoral dissertation, I explore mergers & acquisitions (M&As) in the context of family firms. In particular, I investigate (1) the M&A performance of family firm acquirers compared to non-family firm acquirers, the strategic mechanisms that help explain the relationship between family firm acquirers and M&A performance and the influence of family board involvement on family firm acquirers’ pursuit of M&A strategies by drawing upon the socio-emotional wealth perspective, (2) the M&A motives and processes in acquiring family firms through the lens of the long-term orientation framework, and (3) the restructuring strategies, including divestments via M&As, employed by family firms to poorly performing portfolio firms by drawing upon the escalation of commitment literature coupled with the socio-emotional wealth perspective.

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Author:Marina Désirée Palm
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:992-opus4-9818
Publisher:WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
Place of publication:Vallendar
Referee:Nadine Kammerlander, Priscilla Kraft
Document Type:Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2024/06/20
Date of first Publication:2024/06/20
Publishing Institution:WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
Granting Institution:WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
Date of final exam:2022/06/13
Release Date:2024/06/20
Tag:Familienunternehmen; Fusion
Family firm; Mergers & acquisitions
Page Number:188
Institutes:WHU Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group / Institute of Family Business
Licence (German):Copyright this PhD thesis