Journal title CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Author/s Federico Alvino, Filippo Maria Pisani, Sabrina Pisano
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2022/2
Language English Pages 27 P. 87-113 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/cgrds2-2022oa13839
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The generational succession in family firms is a typical and inevitable event in corporate evolution. In particular, the Italian production system must constantly reckon with generational succession as it affects about 80,000 companies annually. It is very important that this process is carefully managed because, in Italy, only 31% of family firms survive their founder and only 13% go on to the third generation. The aim of this paper is to indicate the most frequent mistakes made by family firms during the generational transition, through the identification of best practices summarized in six building blocks collected from the literature. In order to substantiate the theoretical argumentations, the article analyzes a case study concerning the family firm Mapei S.p.A., which has recently faced its second generational handover through a virtuous process in all its aspects.
Keywords: ; management; best practices; family firms; case study; Mapei; succession planning; family business; generational transition
Federico Alvino, Filippo Maria Pisani, Sabrina Pisano, Corporate Governance and generational succession in family firms: The M.A.P.E.I. S.p.A. case study in "CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES" 2/2022, pp 87-113, DOI: 10.3280/cgrds2-2022oa13839