Left in the dark: Family successors’ requirement profiles in the family business succession process

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Schlepphorst ◽  
Petra Moog
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
The Family ◽  
Succession Process ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Family Business Succession

Cultural values and their implications to family business succession

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grisna Anggadwita ◽  
Werda Bagus Profityo ◽  
Dini Turipanam Alamanda ◽  
Anggraeni Permatasari
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
Succession Process ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Family Business Succession ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The family business is one of the business entities that contribute to the economy of a country. Succession in the family business occupies a strategic position, especially in maintaining the company’s sustainability. The Chinese family business has unique characteristics in maintaining and growing its business with the cultural values that underlie how their business. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the cultural values of Chinese ethnic and their implications in the succession process in small family businesses in Bandung, Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach This research uses a qualitative method with the in-depth interview method as a data collection technique. The sampling technique uses purposive sampling, while to test the validity of research data using a triangulation technique. A total of four small Chinese-owned family businesses participated as informants in this study. The study will identify the stage of succession process in the Chinese family business. Findings There are several stages identified in the succession planning of small Chinese-owned family business in Bandung which include succession antecedents, succession activities and desired outcomes. The results showed that small Chinese-owned family business in Bandung has not applied the rules and procedures in the succession process. Most of the Chinese family business in this research still holds Confucianism culture; they prioritize boys as business successors, who have a greater responsibility rather than successor with other gender. Practical implications Several implications are discussed. One of them is the Chinese family business holding cultural values in the process of family business succession. Originality/value This research is expected to provide theoretical and practical implications for academics and family companies with similar cases.

Succession in the Family Business: Challenges for Successors from an Entrepreneurial Perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Weismeier-Sammer ◽  
Isabella R. Hatak
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Teaching Case ◽  
The Family ◽  
Succession Process ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Business Challenges ◽  
Family Business Succession

Kronmann Wholesale and Retail is an outstanding family business with more than 300 years of history. This teaching case tells the story of two cousins who follow their fathers into a business full of tradition. The case gives students the opportunity to gain insights into the complex succession process of family businesses, as well as the challenges with which successors are confronted in the course of family business succession.

scholarly journals Family business succession in the Mazovia Region in Poland – needs and barriers

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
Ludmiła Walaszczyk
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Future ◽  
Succession Process ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Family Business Succession

Every year many companies disappear from the market due to the fact that there is no possibility to find the successor, who could take over the business activity. The owners do not wish to transfer their business to the heirs, not even mentioning the external successors. Thanks to the indication of needs and barriers of the family business successions, it will be possible to develop tools and services, which will improve the succession process in family companies and will help to maintain family companies in the future. In the article, the author presents the latest state of knowledge about the needs of and barriers to the succession of family businesses in the Mazovia Region in Poland. The author focuses on the results of unstructured interviews with entrepreneurs from family companies and representatives of local authorities.

Sibling rivalry: implications for the family business succession process

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeliki Avloniti ◽  
Anastasia Iatridou ◽  
Ioannis Kaloupsis ◽  
George S. Vozikis
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Sibling Rivalry ◽  
The Family ◽  
Succession Process ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Family Business Succession

scholarly journals Modelling the knowledge transfer process between founder and successor in Vietnamese family businesses succession

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Bell ◽  
Thanh Trung Pham
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Transfer Process ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Context ◽  
The Family ◽  
Succession Process ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Family Business Succession

PurposeThe transfer of knowledge has been identified as an important part of the family business succession process. This paper examines the knowledge transfer process from the founder to the successor to understand and model the factors that influence the knowledge transfer process in the Vietnamese family business context.Design/methodology/approachThis research adopts an inductive qualitative approach, conducting face-to-face semi-structured interviews with five father-son succession pairs. The interviews with founders and successors, ten in total, formed the basis of five case studies. The cases were all at an advanced stage of the process of business knowledge transfer and family business succession.FindingsA contextualized model was developed, highlighting the main factors that influence the knowledge transfer process from the founder to the successor in a Vietnamese family business context. This model identifies the influence of factors, some of which are not commonly presented in western family business literature. These include the importance of the role of the mother in mediating the relationship quality between the founder and the successor and the successor pursuing education and external work experience to improve their cognitive and reflective abilities. The need for the affinity between family members is also highlighted as important.Originality/valueIn Vietnam, most family-run businesses are still under the control of the founder. This research provides insight into the succession process in Vietnam. This research addresses calls for further exploration into the factors that influence the transfer of knowledge in the family business succession process and to research this process in a collectivist society, both of which remain under-researched.

FAMILY BUSINESS SUCCESSION: EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS APPROACH

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (03) ◽  
pp. 279-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUHA KANSIKAS ◽  
TUOMAS KUHMONEN
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Evolutionary Economics ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Family Firm ◽  
Evolutionary Forces ◽  
2Nd Generation ◽  
The Family ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Family Business Succession ◽  
Selection Of

This study analyses family business continuity from founder generation to the 2nd generation in terms of succession in the context of evolutionary economics. Two literature bases; family business succession and evolutionary thinking in organisational and economic change, are reviewed and combined to provide insights to understand the nature of family business succession. Operation of the key evolutionary forces — variation, selection, retention and struggle — in family business succession are illustrated. Regarding variation, there is a concern for understanding the importance of having enough diversity within the family firm, since this diversity of routines and competences comprises the pool of variation from which to select when the environment changes. With regards to selection, there is a concern for understanding the risk of selection bias easily rooted in the family firm culture: are some variations favoured in the selection of operating, investment and search routines because of family relations, emotions and values, including decisions on who will succeed and who will own the firm in the future. Elaboration and investigation of these concepts may help to identify special characteristics of the "family firm species" that are either beneficial or risky for the survival in the evolutionary struggle.

scholarly journals THE DIFFERENCE PATTERN OF SUCCESSION BETWEEN SECOND GENERATION AND THRID GENERATION FAMILY BUSINESS IN INDONESIA (A REVIEW OF THE MEDIUM-SIZE FAMILY BUSINESS)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-154
Author(s):  
Christina Whidya Utami
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Family System ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Family ◽  
Generation Family ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Family Business Succession

The purpose of this study is to find out whether there are differences on pattern of succession between the second and the third generation of family business in Indonesia. Research Design/ Methodology/ Approach: A cross sectional and comparative research design were used in this study, while the data survey was conducted to 41 respondents from the second-generation group and 48 respondents from the third-generation family business; the businesses has run for 5 to 50 years and were categorized as medium size family business. The study used multiple regression test via SPSS to test the hypothesis. Findings: In family business led by the second-generation successor, only personality system affects the family business succession. On the other hand, in family business led by the third-generation, personality, ownership, family, and management system variables affect the success of the family business; meanwhile, family system does not find to affect the family business succession. Research Limitation/ Implication: This study investigates pattern of succession in family business including personality system, ownership system, family system and management system. This study can suggest a solution in the regeneration process of a family business in order to maintain the continuity of the business. limitation: There are some biases found on family’s perspective of the assessment, and the study only focus on medium-size family business. Practical Implications: A right amount of focus on pattern of succession will help the second and the third generation of the family to manifest in business succession. Exploring the second and the third-generation perspectives in regard to succession pattern is the key to maintain the continuity of the family business. Originality/ value: This study offers a pattern of succession from various perspectives, including personal, ownership, family, and management, as well as the relationship to the long-term success of the family business.

scholarly journals Founder’s Apprehension in Small Family Business Succession in Thailand: Interpretative View of the Situational Distance

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401988513
Author(s):  
Tariq H. Malik
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Succession Planning ◽  
Discretionary Power ◽  
Small Family ◽  
Cognitive Scripts ◽  
Succession Process ◽  
Functional Context ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Family Business Succession

Small family businesses (SFBs) encounter disruption during the intergenerational succession unless understood and managed effectively. Even before the succession process begins, the founder’s apprehension about the succession rises to a critical level, and yet a little research has dealt with this issue. We address the issue of the founder’s apprehension through this qualitative study by tracing the causes, contexts, and contours through the accounts of the founder in Thailand. We used 18 in-depth interviews with founders whose business types, their intergenerational succession planning, and regional contexts had similarities. A bricolage between family business as a rational device and a social device reveals whether and how the founder’s mental structures and situated-attention reflected on the focal concept of “apprehension.” We note several findings. First, a combination of cognitive scripts and situated attention altered the founder’s identity vis-à-vis the heir. Following from the functional, relational, locational, temporal, and structural narratives, the founder’s interpreted distance from that of the heir suggests that the discretionary power of the founder varies. Second, this variation translates into apprehension in an order. Third, based on the order of the distance between the founder and heir, the functional and structural narrative take the first and second positions. Third, theoretically, we link the functional context to cognitive and structural context to normative perspectives.

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