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Sieger, P., Brinkerink, J., Baù, M., Karlsson, J., & De Massis, A. (2026). Fly solo, then return home? Offspring's entrepreneurship experience and their future as family business successors. Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.70114

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Article

Does founding their own venture make family business offspring more likely to take over?

Entrepreneurship experience boosts succession odds, until a thriving venture makes staying away more tempting.

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Swedish data reveal no harm to innovation, and clear gains in small, long-tenured teams

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Cash, overhead, and unused debt drive family-firm performance in very different ways.

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Article

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How to attract senior managers to a family business?

Article

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Why do family firms turn risk into reward in a crisis but not in calm?

Family control lifts the returns from risk in distressed firms, but lowers them when healthy.

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