Study group family enterprises

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The constitutive meeting of the study group took place on 21 October 2005 under the name of Study Group for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. It was renamed into Study Group for Family Enterprises in November 2016.
Members: 117 (as of 2022)

Chair:
Dr. Jörg Lesczenski, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, chairman
Sabine Falke-Ibach, RUD. IBACH SOHN GmbH & Co. KG, CEO.
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Next Event: 19th meeting of the study group for family enterprises:

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Review: 18th meeting of the study group for family enterprises

At its meeting on 21 September 2022 at Miele & Cie. KG in Gütersloh, the Family Business Working Group dealt with the internationalisation strategies of family businesses.

MARKUS MIELE, Managing Partner of the Miele Group, began by giving a concise overview of the history of the company, which today is the world market leader in the premium segment of household electrical appliances. CHRISTIAN KLEINSCHMIDT then dealt with the internationalisation strategies of the pharmaceutical and laboratory supplier Sartorius. Following the Uppsala model developed by S. Carlson, Sartorius had gradually increased its internationalisation activities by first concentrating on the domestic market and gaining experience in exports, before establishing trade representations abroad and finally making direct investments. In the case of adidas and its expansion into the Eastern European market as a first mover, RAINER KARLSCH explained that the focus had initially been on product advertising and later on sports policy. After a tour of the Miele company museum, JÖRG LESCZENSKI presented Messer, the world's largest family-run manufacturer of industrial gases. Lesczenski emphasised that Messer's corporate history had been an interplay of expansion and de-internationalisation. ANN SOPHIE K. LÖHDE dealt with the changing times in the internationalisation of family businesses. Based on surveys of 35 family businesses, she came to the conclusion that family businesses often chose lower-risk, less capital-intensive and more long-term strategies. The closing lecture was given by HARALD WIXFORTH on hidden and obvious champions in East Westphalia-Lippe and their respective internationalisation strategies.

You can find the program and a review of the session further below in the download area.

Impressions





Review and Downloadarea

2022

18th meeting of the study group family enterprises
21 September 2022
Host: Miele & Cie. KG
«The world is their market. Internationalisation of family businesses»

2021

17th meeting of the study group family enterprises and 18th meeting of the study group for banking and insurance history
19 November 2021
Host: ODDO BHF Bank
«Banken und Familienunternehmen»

2019

16th meeting of the study group family enterprises
22 November 2019
Host: Coroplast Fritz Müller GmbH & Co. KG
«Familienflüsterer. Familienunternehmen und ihre Berater»

2018

15th meeting of the study group familiy enterprises
9 November 2018
Host: Werner Reimers Stiftung, Bad Homburg
«Pleiten, Pech und Pannen in Familienunternehmen»

2017

14th meeting of the study group familiy enterprises
10 November 2017
Host: Falke KGaA, Schmallenberg
«Langlebigkeit von Familienunternehmen. Strategisches Geschick oder glückliche Fügung?»

2016

13th meeting of the study group familiy enterprises
11 November 206
Host: Johann Borgers GmbH&Co. KG, Bocholt
«Krisen in Familienunternehmen»

2015

12th meeting of the study group familiy enterprises
13 November 2015
Host: Industrie- und Handelskammer, Frankfurt am Main
«Unternehmertypen und Führungsstile»

2014

11th meeting of the study group familiy enterprises
7 November 2014
Host: Kurtz Ersa Group, Hasloch
«Familienunternehmen - Der Unternehmer und seine Familie»

2013

10th meeting of the study group familiy enterprises
7 and 8 November 2013
Host: Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co. KG, Gerolstein
«Hidden Champions»

2012

9th meeting of the study group familiy enterprises
26 October 2012
Host: Eintracht-Museum, Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt am Main
«Sport»

2011

8th meeting of the study group familiy enterprises
28 October 2011
Host: IHK Darmstadt, Darmstadt
«Energie und Umwelt»

2010

no meeting of the study group mall and medium-sized enterprises took place

2009

6th meeting of the study group small and medium-sized enterprises
18 and 19 September 2009
Host: Borgers GmbH, Bocholt
«Internationalisierung»

2008

5th meeting of the study small and medium-sized enterprises
28 and 29 September 2008
Host: Standortinitiative Wurzen e.V. und Sächsisches Wirtschaftsarchiv e.V., Wurzen und Leipzig
«KMU in Ostdeutschland»

2007

4th meeting of the study group small and medium-sized enterprises
7 September 2007
Kreuzwertheim
«Unternehmen und ‚ihr‘ Ort»

2007

3rd meeting of the study group small and medium-sized enterprises
22 February 2007
Host: Museum der Olfry Ziegelwerke GmbH & Co. KG, Gut Daren
«Unternehmen und Archiv»

2006

2nd meeting of the study group small and medium-sized enterprises
29 September 2006
Host: ODU Steckverbindungen GmbH & Co. KG
«Familienunternehmen - Ein Spektrum im Spiegel der neueren Forschung»

2005

1st constitutive meeting of the study group small and medium-sized enterprises
21 October 2005
Host: Industrie-und Handelskammer, Frankfurt am Main
«Gestaltung des Arbeitskreises»