Anhand von Einkommensteuerdaten beleuchten wir erstmals den Markt für Unternehmensverkäufe in den Jahren 2001 bis 2016. Sowohl die Anzahl der Verkäufe als auch die damit erzielten durchschnittlichen Gewinne sind im Zeitverlauf gestiegen. Im Jahr 2016 wurden rund 100.000 Unternehmen verkauft....

Germany is known for its family-owned businesses that transfer ownership across generations. However, business owners in Germany increasingly envision selling their business beyond the family, which fundamentally changes the institutionalized way private ownership of businesses is transferred....

An essential part of entrepreneurial activity is the drafting and narrating of an entrepreneurial vision. This study is premised on the observation that entrepreneurial groups form an interaction arena for the practice of imagining the future and asks how the content of entrepreneurial visions...

Entrepreneurship research increasingly acknowledges marriage as an important resource for long-term commitment to entrepreneurial ventures. At the same time, family scholars emphasize the deinstitutionalization of marriage in many countries, meaning that marriage as formalized and long-term...

Germany is known for its family-owned businesses that transfer ownership across generations. However, business owners in Germany increasingly envision selling their business beyond the family, which fundamentally changes the institutionalized way private ownership of businesses is transferred....

Anhand von Einkommensteuerdaten beleuchten wir erstmals den Markt für Unternehmensverkäufe in den Jahren 2001 bis 2016. Sowohl die Anzahl der Verkäufe als auch die damit erzielten durchschnittlichen Gewinne sind im Zeitverlauf gestiegen. Im Jahr 2016 wurden rund 100.000 Unternehmen verkauft....

Entrepreneurship research increasingly acknowledges marriage as an important resource for long-term commitment to entrepreneurial ventures. At the same time, family scholars emphasize the deinstitutionalization of marriage in many countries, meaning that marriage as formalized and long-term...