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Abstract
Purpose
This study investigates whether a firm’s character as a mature micro and small family or non-family business may impact the managing owner’s choice of a potential exit strategy.
Design/methodology/approach
The empirical evidence was provided through a sample of 302 entrepreneurs (170 respond-ents from mature micro and small family businesses and 132 from non-family businesses) who participated in a survey on potential exit strategies.
Findings
The primary finding indicates that there is no significant difference in exit strategy preferences between family and non-family entrepreneurs from mature micro and small-sized firms. It was found that both groups of entrepreneurs mostly opt for internal succession.
Originality/value
This paper presents a novel perspective, demonstrating that while non-family firms are not typically anticipated to adopt the same exit strategies as family firms, they may still opt for internal succession. Furthermore, we provide an insight into potential exit strategy decisions made in smaller firms, which have been less frequently analyzed compared to larger firms in the field of entrepreneurial exit.
期刊介绍:
■Adapting strategic planning to the need for change ■Leadership research ■Responsibility for change implementation and follow-through ■The psychology of change and its effect on the workforce ■TQM - will it work in your organization? Successful organizations respond intelligently to factors which precipitate change. Economic climates, political trends, changes in consumer demands, management policy or structure, employment levels and financial resources - all these elements are constantly at play to ensure that organizations clinging on to static structures will ultimately lose out. But change is a dynamic and alarming thing - this journal addresses how to manage it positively.