In contrast to the past, it is no longer considered a taboo if family members have no interest in taking over the family business. The sale of the family business is instead regarded as an important business decision,” reported Prof. Dr Isabell Stamm (TU Berlin) in mid-May at the IfM Bonn forum.
She and Allan Sandham have analysed how attitudes towards the handover of family businesses have changed among the owner family, in politics and in the public sphere since 1990.
