Christoph Rose provides a broader differentiation of the perspective on
family-owned companies. In contrast to several studies that merely
discuss family-owned companies and non-family companies, his analysis is
based on family influence, so the dominating heterogeneity of
family-owned companies in practice is taken into account. The author
provides an empirical database that substantiates his statements and
that is the first attempt to make the conceptional FIBER model of
socio-emotional wealth suggested in literature accessible to empirical
analysis.