Family business successions between desire and reality
Pahnke, A., Schlepphorst, S., & Schlömer-Laufen, N. (2024)
Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 21, e00457
Tracks whether owners realise their succession plans (IfM Bonn authors, Germany). Finds a wide mismatch: many owners abandon plans, miss the timeframe or close, and there is "a remarkable number of unintended business transfers which have received little attention in research to date".
Sourcedoi:10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e0045725 citations (OpenAlex)