2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Corporate Governance of Large German and French Family Enterprises
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22530357
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Business administration
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| Research Institution | Yokohama National University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | ドイツ / フランス / 同族企業 / 企業統治 / 公益財団 / 企業内福祉 / 所有構造 / 法的形態 |
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| Research Abstract |
Evidence shows that Germany and France have numerous large family enterprises. Particularly in Germany variety of legal corporate forms are available for family businesses. Most of them have established a philanthropic foundation which plays animportant role in corporate governance of the founder company. The study illustratesthrough seven cases including Bosch, Zeiss, BMW the process of their development intoglobal players while embracing employee welfare as corporate mission combined withcorporate ethics, culture and judicious business strategies. Comparison with France is made and suggestions are proposed for Japanese family and venture businesses.
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