Family Firms
The research area family firms contributes its expertise to international research, provides consulting services at the EU, federal, and state ministerial levels, teaches at universities, and organizes knowledge and transfer events for family entrepreneurs and practitioners.
Research Focus
Succession
- Family CEO Successors
- Transgenerational Orientation
- Family Dynamics
Corporate management
- Strategy development and management
- CEO attributes and biases
- Ownership structures
- Leadership and governance
Success factors
- Post-succession performance
- Innovation & development
- Crisis management
- Corporate change