The Growth Behavior of Family Firms

1. Introduction
Annika Geyer

2. Variations in Strategic Choices Concerning Firm Growth – a Conceptual Framework and Its Application to the Context of Family Businesses
Annika Geyer

3. Research Methodology and Empirical Basis
Annika Geyer

4. The Influence of Executives’ Membership in the FB Owner-Family on Firm Growth – the Central Role of Individual Growth Intentions
Annika Geyer

5. Family Decision Makers in FBs, Their Growth Intentions and Actual Firm Growth: The Influence of Different Levels of Family and Personal Involvement in the Firm
Annika Geyer

6. Concluding discussion
Annika Geyer

Keywords: Business and Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Entrepreneurship