Economic performance of family and non-family enterprises in the 2012 Crisis

Authors

  • Micheli Aparecida Lunardi Universidade Regional de Blumenau
  • Nelson Hein Universidade Regional de Blumenau
  • Adriana Kroenke Universidade Regional de Blumenau

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18593/race.20106

Keywords:

Economic performance, Family businesses, Non-family companies, Crisis 2012

Abstract

This research consisted of analyzing the behavior of the economic performance of family and non-family businesses in the Crisis of 2012. To this end, we analyzed the Brazilian companies listed in B3 (Brazil, Bolsa, Balcão) and developed a descriptive, documentary and with the use of ranking, distance DP2. The analysis period comprised the years from 2008 to 2016. The results revealed that in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 the family companies presented better ranking in the economic performance ranking of the analyzed companies. It was concluded that there was a change in the economic behavior of family and non-family businesses, especially in the years near the 2012 Crisis, and family companies started to occupy the first place in the economic performance ranking, when previously it was maintained by non-family companies. Thus, in a crisis scenario the economic performance of family businesses is superior to non-family businesses. As a contribution, the study presents the economic behavior of family and non-family businesses, indicating how the economic performance of family and non-family businesses behave in a crisis scenario, demonstrating that family businesses tend to maintain higher economic performance.

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Author Biography

Micheli Aparecida Lunardi, Universidade Regional de Blumenau

Doutoranda em Ciências Contábeis 

Departamento em Ciências Contábeis na FURB - PPGCC

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Published

2020-04-27

How to Cite

Lunardi, M. A., Hein, N., & Kroenke, A. (2020). Economic performance of family and non-family enterprises in the 2012 Crisis. RACE - Revista De Administração, Contabilidade E Economia, 19(1), 153–172. https://doi.org/10.18593/race.20106

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