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Family Governance

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Management von Familienunternehmen

Zusammenfassung

Einführend zu Teil IV dieses Lehrbuchs haben Sie erfahren, dass erfolgreiche Familienunternehmen nicht nur ihr Unternehmen organisieren, sondern gleichermaßen auch die Eigentümerfamilie professionell aufstellen. Ziel der sogenannten Family Governance ist es, „faire, transparente sowie überprüfbare Regeln für die Familie und deren Zugang zum Unternehmen zu schaffen“. Wie man Familien erfolgreich organisieren kann, welche Gremien eingesetzt werden und wie diese funktionieren, erfahren Sie in diesem Kapitel.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Lank und Ward (2002, S. 181), übersetzt durch Kormann 2018.

  2. 2.

    In Anlehnung an Brockhoff und Koeberle-Schmid 2012); Koeberle-Schmid 2008.

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Felden, B., Hack, A., Hoon, C. (2019). Family Governance. In: Management von Familienunternehmen. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-24058-5_11

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