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Probing family business succession through the eyes of the leaders

In line with the theme of FERC 2015, this study aims at navigating through the issue of family business sustainability, particularly in overcoming the hurdles associated with transgenerational family business succession. While the opponents of family business have said that family firms would event...

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Main Authors: Salim, Linda, Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor, Ahmad Arshad, Darwina, Surya Saputra, Ruswiati
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/18589/1/FERC%202015%201-6.pdf
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http://www.gvsu.edu/ferc/
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spelling my.uum.repo.185892016-08-15T08:31:21Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/18589/ Probing family business succession through the eyes of the leaders Salim, Linda Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor Ahmad Arshad, Darwina Surya Saputra, Ruswiati HD28 Management. Industrial Management In line with the theme of FERC 2015, this study aims at navigating through the issue of family business sustainability, particularly in overcoming the hurdles associated with transgenerational family business succession. While the opponents of family business have said that family firms would eventually grow up into larger companies run by professionals, separating the management from ownership, there has been evidence showing that keeping management in the family provides competitive advantage that is not easily replicated by nonfamily competitors (Jaskiewicz, Uhlenbruck, Balkin, & Reay, 2013) Proponents of keeping the management within the family simply remind that as a multidisciplinary field, family business study needs to balance the focus of the research in both family and business. (Cicellin, Mussollino, Martinez, & Iacono, 2013; James, Jennings, & Breitkreuz, 2012) Transitioning into professional management would risk losing the competitive advantage that serves family firms well into generations when it can be transferred into future generations. (Royer, Simons, Boyd, & Rafferty, 2008) 2015-06 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/18589/1/FERC%202015%201-6.pdf Salim, Linda and Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor and Ahmad Arshad, Darwina and Surya Saputra, Ruswiati (2015) Probing family business succession through the eyes of the leaders. In: 11th Family Enterprise Research Conference, June 4-7, 2015, Burlington, Vermont. (Unpublished) http://www.gvsu.edu/ferc/
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Salim, Linda
Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor
Ahmad Arshad, Darwina
Surya Saputra, Ruswiati
Probing family business succession through the eyes of the leaders
description In line with the theme of FERC 2015, this study aims at navigating through the issue of family business sustainability, particularly in overcoming the hurdles associated with transgenerational family business succession. While the opponents of family business have said that family firms would eventually grow up into larger companies run by professionals, separating the management from ownership, there has been evidence showing that keeping management in the family provides competitive advantage that is not easily replicated by nonfamily competitors (Jaskiewicz, Uhlenbruck, Balkin, & Reay, 2013) Proponents of keeping the management within the family simply remind that as a multidisciplinary field, family business study needs to balance the focus of the research in both family and business. (Cicellin, Mussollino, Martinez, & Iacono, 2013; James, Jennings, & Breitkreuz, 2012) Transitioning into professional management would risk losing the competitive advantage that serves family firms well into generations when it can be transferred into future generations. (Royer, Simons, Boyd, & Rafferty, 2008)
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Salim, Linda
Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor
Ahmad Arshad, Darwina
Surya Saputra, Ruswiati
author_facet Salim, Linda
Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor
Ahmad Arshad, Darwina
Surya Saputra, Ruswiati
author_sort Salim, Linda
title Probing family business succession through the eyes of the leaders
title_short Probing family business succession through the eyes of the leaders
title_full Probing family business succession through the eyes of the leaders
title_fullStr Probing family business succession through the eyes of the leaders
title_full_unstemmed Probing family business succession through the eyes of the leaders
title_sort probing family business succession through the eyes of the leaders
publishDate 2015
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/18589/1/FERC%202015%201-6.pdf
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http://www.gvsu.edu/ferc/
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