Father-daughter Succession in Family Business: a Cross-cultural Perspective

Daphne Halkias, Paul W. Thurman, Celina Smith () and Robert S. Nason
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Daphne Halkias: UniBg - Università degli Studi di Bergamo = University of Bergamo, CU - Cornell University [Ithaca], HMS - Harvard Medical School [Boston]
Paul W. Thurman: Columbia University [New York]
Celina Smith: EM - EMLyon Business School
Robert S. Nason: Babson College - Babson College

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Abstract: To whom does a father, retiring from his life as a successful entrepreneur, pass control of the business he has built? Once it would always have been his eldest son, but increasingly women are becoming involved in family firms having risen to positions of influence and leadership. Using revealing case studies from the daughters who succeeded their entrepreneur fathers in a wide variety of challenging situations, cultures and continents, "Father-Daughter Succession in Family Business" discusses the changes which have led to daughters gaining influence in more and more family businesses. It looks at the tensions this succession can produce between old notions of how men and women should behave, and the new style of leadership that often comes about when a woman takes the helm. This book will help consultants, business educators, and researchers, as well as those who are themselves involved in significant family managed enterprises to better understand why it can no longer be assumed in any part of the World that the first born son will take over the reins of the family business.

Date: 2011-12-01
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Published in Gower, XXII-311 p., 2011, 978-0566092206

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