Ownership in a Family Business as a Profession

Task Fulfillment in Balance of Responsibility, Competence, and Engagement
2024
ISBN: 978-3-658-45254-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 161 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 436 g

This book is aimed at owners, especially non-operating shareholders of family businesses. They work behind the scenes and carry significant responsibility for the success of the company. What characterizes good ownership? What competencies are essential for fulfilling their duties? How can succeeding shareholders also find guidance in the complex field of family businesses? Knowledgeable and practical, the authors outline all relevant areas of action. The book provides encouragement and support for developing a professional ownership structure and task distribution tailored to the individual situation and constellation of one's own family business.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kormann, Hermut

Börner, Monika Susanne

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ownership in Family Businesses.- The Concept of Family Businesses.- Integrating Competence and Commitment.- Structure of the Entrepreneurial Family.- Structure of the Company. Structure of Secondary Assets.- Processes of the Owner Family.- Processes for Advancing the Business.- Developing Secondary Assets.- Succession Planning. Developing an Individual Agenda.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Dr. Hermut Kormann served for many years as the Chairman of the Board in a large German family business. He oversees various research projects on governance and strategy in family businesses at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen.

Dr. Monika Susanne Börner is a shareholder in the fourth generation of a family business. She is a systemic consultant, researcher, and artist, and she earned her doctorate on decision-making processes of non-operating shareholders at the University of Witten/Herdecke.