Managing the Father-Daughter Succession Process in Japanese Family Business

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03625
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Hosei University
• Principal Investigator: TAKADA Asako 法政大学, 大学院イノベーション・マネジメント研究科, 教授 (10349194)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 恩蔵 三穂 高千穂大学, 商学部, 教授 (10287956) ; 横田 絵理 慶應義塾大学, 商学部(三田), 教授 (20277700)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: リーダーシップ / 女性後継者 / 承継プロセス / 事業承継 / 選抜 / ファミリービジネス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This work focuses on the relationship between father and daughter in the succession process in family businesses. Why daughters may feel inhibited or encouraged to join those firms? Why they hesitate to be a CEO? The authors developed a qualitative research based on 35 in-depth interviews with incumbents and successors who were planning or had just completed the succession process. The main findings are that gender is not considered an obstacle to become successor. Problem is fathers cannot decide and choose daughter as a successor due to his gender bias.

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