The paper elaborates on succession planning among Polish family businesses. Research survey was conducted on a random sample of 496 family enterprises in first quarter of 2009 (first phase, survey) and 61 family enterprises in third quarter of 2009 (second phase, in-depth-interview). The main...

Poland, as other post-communist transforming economies from Central and Eastern Europe, has a relatively short experience with family firm's development. The historical discontinuity in private sector is due to communist rule in 1945-1989: in that period most of the private (including family)...

The often long-lasting process of intrafamily business succession involves contracts for management and ownership transfer that unfold in a complex series of stages. The older and larger a family business, the more heterogeneous the involved family members' interactions and interests can become....