Create Value in Family Business SMEs in Colombia

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the identification of the factors of linkage of the successors in the Colombian SMEs Family Companies located in Bogotá D.C. and the understanding of the existing relationships between the factors of linkage of the successors with the processes of creation of value. The general methodological framework is the result of three research proposals that are assumed as guiding theory and that contribute to the design of the instrument for the study of the modes, the moments, and the motivation of the successors to enter the companies. The sample of qualitative type analyzed corresponds to 10 companies and considers the criteria of legality and formality pertinent. The investigation allowed to identify factors in the modes, moments, and motivation of entry of the successors and to argue that there is a relationship between the factors of linkage of the successors with the processes of creation of value in the SME Family Businesses located in Bogota.