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Kobieca sukcesja – analiza porównawcza sytuacji kobiet w sukcesji w wybranych krajach świata
Female Succession – a Comparative Analysis of the Situation of Women in Succession in Selected Countries

Author(s): Alicja Hadryś-Nowak
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: family-owned businesses; succession; female succession

Summary/Abstract: Women’s potential to lead a firm – whether one started by a family member or a new venture of their own – is still not often enough acknowledged. With family firms acknowledged as the seeding grounds for the next generation of entrepreneurs, and with increasing attention in research to women’s entrepreneurship, it is important to understand the factors in family firms and in national culture which help women to succeed in sucession proces. This paper, based on theoretical and empirical analysis, presents female succession in selected countries: China, France, Germany and Italy.

  • Issue Year: 16/2015
  • Issue No: 7.1
  • Page Range: 95-104
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish