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.
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»
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»
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»
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»
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?»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
21 October 2005
Host: Industrie-und Handelskammer, Frankfurt am Main
«Gestaltung des Arbeitskreises»