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Business Succession

Family-internal or external succession, the five-year lead time and preserving the company beyond the handover — the human side of the transaction, properly planned.

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Business Succession

No Successors in Sight—What Now? M&A as a Strategic Option for Family-Owned Businesses

The most difficult negotiation a family business owner has to conduct doesn't take place at the conference table—but at their own dinner table.

Business Succession

Succession remains the blind spot of the family constitution.

Family Constitution: How to Successfully Manage Business Succession Across Generations

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Business Succession

Business Succession in Family-Owned Businesses: Why Early Decisions Determine Success

For many family-owned businesses, business succession is not a theoretical issue for the future, but rather a question that creeps up gradually and often goes unnoticed.