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The purpose of this book chapter is to share findings related to succession of family businesses in Republic of Macedonia. In order to gain a better picture of the current situation, problems and perspectives that stand in front of families with respect to succession issue it was conducted a survey. The questionnaire was distributed to the owners of several businesses as well as through e-mail. The questionnaire was distributed to 140 businesses, depending on the size of cities.
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Ramadani, V., Fayolle, A., Gërguri-Rashiti, S., Aliu, E. (2015). The Succession Issues in Family Firms: Insights from Macedonia. In: Dana, LP., Ramadani, V. (eds) Family Businesses in Transition Economies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14209-8_10
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