This study examines leadership succession among university presidents. Strategy researchers have emphasized that … importance is attributed in the succession literature is organizational size. This study analyzes on an organizational level how …

German family capitalism since the 1990s. Drawing on a sociology of ownership, we view family succession as a transfer regime … succession by demonstrating how family capital moves toward the financial sector without becoming financial capital as it loses …

regarding the relevance of intangible assets in general, and for the purpose of company succession in particular. Design …/methodology/approach – To perform this study German associations were examined, which play an essential role in company succession in Germany … is pioneering in the analysis of the influence of intangible assets in German SMEs for the purpose of company succession.  …