Alexander Schmithausen

Understanding Generational Succession challenges in German Family Businesses (eBook, PDF)

The fundamental risk of failure in a succession of SMEs

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,0, University of Edinburgh (Business School), course: Method of Research, language: English, abstract: Business succession is always a challenging time for any business, but generational change is often a critical factor in the success or demise of family-run businesses. During period of generational change, the company offers both the incumbent and the successor a great challenge. This sensitive issue thus has to be conducted with careful planning because it is one of the most critical phases in the life cycle of a company, with a lot of chances and risks linked to the process. Further successions are also complicated, with half of established family run companies successfully reaching the second generation stage, but only around three or four percent successfully mastering the handover to a third generation. The causes of these succession issues are varied, and the challenges they create will be investigated in this piece. As such, further research is needed in this area, including the specific succession challenges faced in German Family Businesses, and strategies to overcome them. The primary research question is: What are the key generational challenges faced by German Family Businesses, and to what extent do they create risks of failure for these businesses?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: GRIN Verlag
• Seitenzahl: 22
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783656262817
• Artikelnr.: 37730599

Autorenporträt

Alexander Schmithausen completed his studies after graduating in Economics and Business Administration in the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea and USA. In 2012, he received a master's degree from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. In addition, Schmithausen titled FInstAM, Fellow of the Institute of Administration Management Award. He received his PhD in Biostatistics at the LMU in Munich and attended the Columbia University in New York. He completed a management programme at the INSEAD Business School in France. As an assistant professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University, he teaches health economics and is a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute as well as a guest professor at the University of Cambridge. Mr. Schmithausen started his career in 2008 with an investment bank as a legal assistant. He has successfully managed the corporate development for several years as a project manager with the largest family-run hospital operator in Europe. Afterwards, in 201