Abstract

BETANCOURT RAMIREZ, JOSÉ BERNARDO; GOMEZ-BETANCOURT, GONZALO  and  LOPEZ VERGARA, MARÍA PIEDAD. An approach to the factors that influence the ownership vision in colombian family-owned businesses. estud.gerenc. [online]. 2011, vol.27, n.120, pp. 165-184. ISSN 0123-5923.

The objective of this exploratory research was to identify factors that influence the ownership vision of Colombian family-owned business, in other words, the purpose of ownership in the families. The initial research model theoretically established that there are different combinations of these factors that influence ownership vision. A wellstructured questionnaire was applied to 32 companies of different sizes, generations, and sectors. A factorial and multiple linear regression analysis was performed which indicated an influence of: 1) a percentage of family managers (family factor); 2) the total number of family members (family factor); and 3) the return on equity (wealth factor).

Keywords : Vision; strategy; ownership; property; family-owned business.