M&A STRATEGIES IN FAMILY FIRMS

Chapter 1 An introduction to the literature on acquisition behaviour in the setting of family firms.
Chapter 2 Mergers and acquisitions in family firms: a state of the art
Chapter 3 Behaviour of acquiring family firms and the role of sustainability: a theoretical investigation
Chapter 4 The curvilinear relationship between acquiring family firm ownership and sustainable efforts of target companies: empirical analysis

This book describes the debate on mergers and acquisitions in the setting of family firms. It provides scholars and students with an overview on the ongoing literature on family firms’ acquisition decisions, emphasizing the main theoretical perspectives adopted by the scholars. Furthermore, it illustrates the empirical findings with regard to the family firms’ propensity to adopt M&A strategies and to the nature of these transactions (e.g.: related, unrelated, cross-border). This book also offers new evidence on the role of target company sustainable performance when family firms select the company to buy, by shedding light on the relevance of the boardroom structural and demographic diversity.

Mario Ossorio is Associate Professor of Management at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”. His current research interests include family firms, mergers and acquisitions, sustainability and corporate governance.