In an increasingly competitive market environment, as an important decision for strategic change, CEO succession is a key step to driving sustainable development. The formulation of succession plans and how to improve the effectiveness of internal promotion mechanisms have been researched topics...

This paper investigates the effect of CEO succession on the performance of family firms characterized by collegial leadership and the moderating role of the Family CEO, of the board of directors and by the size of the firm. The empirical analysis, carried out on a sample of Italian family firms...

Helps to prepare for passing the family business on to the next generation. Leaders will learn how to create a succession plan; how to develop opportunities for succession candidates; how to build consensus with the family and leaders on succession plans and finally leaders will learn when and...