RT journal article
T1 SAFER Methodology: A Proposal for the Identification of Family Firms in Spain Based on the SABI Database
T2 Metodología SAFER: Una propuesta de identificación de las empresas familiares en España a partir de la base de datos SABI
A1 Casillas, José Carlos
A1 Escribá-Esteve, Alejandro
A1 Gómez-Miranda, María Elena
A1 López-Fernández, María Concepción
A1 Lorenzo-Gómez, Daniel
A1 Requejo, Ignacio
A1 Rojo-Ramírez, Alfonso A.
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 Family Firm
K1 Identification
K1 Definition
K1 Employment
K1 Gross Value Added
K1 Empresa Familiar
K1 Identificación
K1 Definición
K1 Empleo
K1 Valor Añadido Brutomiliares
K1 Valor del trabajo
AB Although family firms represent a large percentage of all companies worldwide,methodological contributions regarding their identification are very scarce. This paper offersa new methodology (labelled as “SAFER methodology”) for identifying family versusnon-family firms using the SABI database (Spanish version of Orbis) as a source of information,primarily considering ownership and corporate governance variables. The SAFER methodologycan be applied without the need for massive data extraction, which contributes toits accessibility and ease of use by researchers. Furthermore, the proposed methodology hasbeen tested using a sample of 500 companies, with a classification error of less than fivepercent. This methodology has also been discussed and assumed by the IEF (Instituto de laEmpresa Familiar), becoming standard in Spain. The value-added of this work is to provideresearchers with a widely accepted strategy for the selection of family firm samples. Themethodology can also be used with equivalent databases that cover other specific countries(e.g., AIDA for Italian company data or Markus in Germany) or that have an internationalcoverage (e.g., Orbis). Our results represent an important step forward in facilitating thework of professionals and policy makers in the development of reports on family businessesthrough a rigorous process of identification and classification.
PB Uma Editorial
SN 2444-8788
YR 2024
FD 2024-05-13
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35493
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35493
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 09-nov-2026