Father-Daughter Succession in Family Business

Sixty-one international academics and researchers contribute 28 chapters to a study documenting the increasing involvement of women in leadership and management roles in family businesses. Focusing in particular on cross-cultural gender issues in family firm ownership and succession, the authors explore the influence of culture--ethnic, regional, religious--on the process of father-daughter succession in family firms in 25 countries around the world. The chapters are organized by geographic region--Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Oceania. Each chapter contains general discussion of business and cultural practices for the country followed by one-to-two illustrative case studies. The country-specific chapters are prefaced by introductory materials explaining the background to the study and the evolution of women's roles in family business, and followed by a concluding discussion of future research considerations. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Daphne Halkias, PhD. is Senior Research Fellow, The Center for Youth and Family Enterprise (CYFE) at University of Bergamo in Italy; Research Affiliate at the Institute for Social Sciences at Cornell University and Affiliate, Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA Paul W. Thurman, MBA is Clinical Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia Business School, Columbia University in New York, USA . Celina Smith, PhD. is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at EMLYON Business School in Lyon, France and a Visiting Fellow at Imperial College, UK. Robert Nason, MBA is Global Program Manager of the STEP Project for Family Enterprising at Babson College, Massachusetts, USA and a Board Member of the New England Chapter of the Family Firm Institute.