From Legacy to Strategy
(2024) BUSN09 20241Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- A Family Office (FO) is a privately held investment entity that manages the wealth for one or more families. While contemporary research on the investment sector is plentiful, the FO sector has been largely neglected. This paper examines the role of active ownership in Swedish FOs through a qualitative study. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and written responses from executives in eight Swedish FOs, we investigate their strategies and practices pertaining to active ownership. We utilize two frameworks to contextualize governance relationships in the Swedish FO sector and to categorize FOs based on investment behavior. The latter is revised based on our empirical findings, suggesting a categorization of FOs in our sample based on... (More)
- A Family Office (FO) is a privately held investment entity that manages the wealth for one or more families. While contemporary research on the investment sector is plentiful, the FO sector has been largely neglected. This paper examines the role of active ownership in Swedish FOs through a qualitative study. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and written responses from executives in eight Swedish FOs, we investigate their strategies and practices pertaining to active ownership. We utilize two frameworks to contextualize governance relationships in the Swedish FO sector and to categorize FOs based on investment behavior. The latter is revised based on our empirical findings, suggesting a categorization of FOs in our sample based on characteristics pertaining to investment strategies and behavior. By addressing the subject of ownership strategies in Swedish FOs, we highlight the unique governance dynamics and investment behaviors within the FO context, providing valuable insights for both scholars and practitioners in the field of strategic management. Our findings suggest that FOs are generally active owners, prioritizing long-term ownership, utilizing high board engagement and maintaining communication with portfolio companies. We further propose that FOs are influenced by the owning families legacy, which affects decision making and strategy. (Less)
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- author
- Gustafsson, Axel LU and Andersson Kuhnke, William LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- A Qualitative Study on Active Ownership in Swedish Family Offices
- course
- BUSN09 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- language
- English
- id
- 9158353
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- 2024-06-25 16:13:33
- date last changed
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