„Wir wollten doch nur das Beste“ – Wie Familiendynamiken zum Scheitern der Unternehmensnachfolge führen können
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„Wir wollten doch nur das Beste“ – Wie Familiendynamiken zum Scheitern der Unternehmensnachfolge führen können
Fiedler, Sandra | Hülsbeck, Marcel | Bernhard, Fabian
ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Vol. 71 (2023), Iss. 2 : pp. 101–121
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Sandra Fiedler, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Professur Organisation und Internationales Management, wiss. Mitarbeiterin, Reichenhainer Str. 39/41, 09126 Chemnitz, Deutschland.
- Sandra Fiedler ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Professur Organisation und Internationales Management der Technischen Universität Chemnitz. Sie ist externe Promovendin an der Universität Witten/Herdecke. Ihre Forschungsinteressen sind die interne Nachfolge in Familienunternehmen, die Unternehmerfamilie und die Nachfolgegeneration sowie Emotionen, Werte und Einstellungen dieser.
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Prof. Dr. Marcel Hülsbeck, Hochschule München, Hohenzollernstr. 102, 80796 München, Deutschland
- Prof. Dr. Marcel Hülsbeck ist Inhaber der bayerischen Spitzenprofessur für Transformation und Innovation in Familienunternehmen und KMU an der Hochschule München. Seine Forschungsgebiete sind Corporate & Family Governance, Unternehmensführung & Organisation, Digitale und Nachhaltigkeitstransfomation, sowie (Corporate) Entrepreneurship.
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Prof. Dr. Fabian Bernhard, EDHEC Business School, Family Business Center, Associate Professor, 16–18 rue du 4 Septembre, 75002 Paris, Frankreich
- Prof. Dr. Fabian Bernhard ist Professor für Management und Psychologie und gehört zum Family Business Center der EDHEC Business School in Paris, Lille, Nizza und London. Er ist Forschungsbeauftragter für Familienunternehmen an der Universität Mannheim und für Psychologie an der Universität Frankfurt in Deutschland. In seiner akademischen Arbeit hat er sich auf die emotionale Dynamik in Unternehmen, die Vorbereitung von Führungskräften der nächsten Generation und die psychologische Bindung an das Familienunternehmen spezialisiert.
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Abstract
This study is based on family systems theory and examines the failure of succession in family businesses with focus on the entrepreneurial family. So far, predecessors and successors have often been studied, but a holistic view of family dynamics, such as roles and hidden motives, is lacking. Interviews with advisors were analyzed with the Gioa method and a process model was developed. We show how factors of the entrepreneurial family in combination with factors of the connection of the entrepreneurial family to the business can lead to the failure of succession. Specific possibilites for further research are discussed.
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Sandra Fiedler / Marcel Hülsbeck / Fabian Bernhard: „Wir wollten doch nur das Beste“ – Wie Familiendynamiken zum Scheitern der Unternehmensnachfolge führen können | 101 | ||
Zusammenfassung | 101 | ||
Abstract | 102 | ||
I. Einleitung | 102 | ||
II. Theoretischer Hintergrund | 103 | ||
1. Familienunternehmen und Unternehmerfamilien | 103 | ||
2. Nachfolge in Familienunternehmen | 105 | ||
III. Methodik | 107 | ||
1. Forschungsdesign | 107 | ||
2. Datensammlung | 107 | ||
3. Datenauswertung | 109 | ||
IV. Ergebnisse | 112 | ||
1. Faktoren der Unternehmerfamilie | 112 | ||
2. Faktoren der Verbindung von Unternehmerfamilie und Unternehmen | 114 | ||
V. Diskussion | 115 | ||
Literatur | 118 |