ASSESSMENT IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF FAMILY AND NON-FAMILY FIRMS – QUANTITATIVE APPROACH Cover Image

OCENA POTENCJAŁU ROZWOJOWEGO PRZEDSIĘBIORSTW RODZINNYCH I NIERODZINNYCH – UJĘCIE ILOŚCIOWE
ASSESSMENT IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF FAMILY AND NON-FAMILY FIRMS – QUANTITATIVE APPROACH

Author(s): Elżbieta Roszko-Wójtowicz
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Economy, Micro-Economics, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa AGH
Keywords: Family Entrepreneurship; SME Sector; Univariate Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); Synthetic Measure

Summary/Abstract: Small and medium-sized sector is a driving factor of social and economic development of countries’ all over the world. At the same time the sector is a great environment for establishment and functioning of family businesses. Dissimilarity of family rms in comparison to non-family rms is proven by the speci c structure of the aforementioned above family rms. These are objects where the three circles of family, business and ownership interpenetrate and interrelate. Charisma, the founder potential and support provided by the relatives in uence signi cantly the future of the business. Is the family-dominated ownership a suf cient argument to accept reasoning that family rms perform better on the market that non-family rms.In such a reality the aim of the paper is to assess the development potential of family and non-family rms and to draw possible similarities or dissimilarities in this eld. The author has decided to implement the univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA), which enabled indication of variables that diversify the level of constructed synthetic measure of development (rozw).On the bases of conducted analysis it was proven that within the sample, in the eld of development potential, on average, a little bit better perform family rms than non-family rms. Moreover, achieved results induce to further research in the aforementioned eld.

  • Issue Year: 14/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 57-76
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish
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