Research on the Influencing Factors of Chinese Family Business's Succession from the Perspective of Re-Creation
Abstract
Under the background of great changes in China's economic environment, a large number of small and medium-sized family businesses are in urgent need of transformation and upgrading that entering the channel of re-creation. For the family business, the successor signifies the future development direction and growth trend of the business. The inter-generational succession of the family business is a multistage evolution process influenced by many factors. In the specific succession practice of family businesses, the influence of the succession of family businesses is analyzed from the perspective of re-creation in combination with the actual situation. Based on the theory analysis on influencing factors of family business’s succession and the way of the questionnaire and factor analysis measure, the research had found and explained the major influencing factors of Chinese family business's succession, namely, relationship, successor, creator, re-creation, organization, environment. It provided a reference on the inter-generational succession of Chinese family businesses from the perspective of re-creation.
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