The second edition of this professional guide presents an extended overview of the German family enterprise landscape including its structure and industry distribution. Its goal is to provide a detailed assessment of the development of German family enterprises. Based on several new scientific studies conducted by the authors, the prerequisits of corporate longevity and mature growth are investigated in detail. Analyzing data from over 500 family firms, the book offers a valuable reference guide for market research and academic research on family-owned enterprises. A unique factor: the authors' revealing insights into the decline of family firms.

Growth is one of the central strategic topics in management science. A growing enterprise embodies success and growth supports the longevity of the business. In her book Laura Seibold provides an overview of the literature on general growth components and different theoretical growth models with a special focus on family enterprises. The author formulates a comprehensive model of how growth can be achieved in family firms. This derived model combines the insights from general growth theory, family specific literature and the insights of top family firm leaders.

Laura K. C. Seibold untersucht fallstudienbasiert den Wachstumsprozess ausgewahlter Familienunternehmen mit den Methoden der Grounded Theory, wobei sie einen qualitativen und einen quantitativen Ansatz kombiniert. Die Autorin leitet Hypothesen uber relevante Wachstumsursachen und Wachstumsraten ab und bezieht hierbei auch die Einflusse aus der Entwicklung der Gesamtwirtschaft und der jeweiligen Branchen in die Erklarungsansatze mit ein. Die identifizierten Wachstumstreiber koennen Fuhrungskraften als Anhaltspunkte zur Strategiebildung dienen und als Grundlage fur weitere Forschung genutzt werden.