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Oct 14 2015

German family entre­pre­neurs are on avera­ge 53 years old

Compa­ny succes­si­on / 3 minutes of reading

Deutsche Famili­en­un­ter­neh­mer altern zuneh­mend: Dies bestä­tigt eine Befra­gung der Credit­re­form und der KfW, an der sich 1200 Inhaber kleiner und […]

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Oct 8 2015

Comment: Juniors’ shyness about the family business

Compa­ny succes­si­on / 4 minutes of reading

The DIHK and KfW issued a warning back in 2014. Now the renow­ned consul­ting firm EY (former­ly Ernst & Young) has also issued a warning in

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Oct 8 2015

Lack of entre­pre­neurs: juniors shy away from family-inter­nal business successions

Compa­ny succes­si­on / 3 minutes of reading

Famili­en­in­ter­ne Unter­neh­mens­nach­fol­gen werden in der sogenann­ten DACH-Region immer selte­ner. Denn die meisten ihrer Unter­neh­mer­kin­der in Deutsch­land, Öster­reich und der Schweiz

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Oct 7 2015

Struc­tu­ring your own compa­ny succession

Compa­ny succes­si­on / 2 minutes of reading

Für viele Firmen­in­ha­ber stellt sich die Frage, wie sie die eigene Unternehmens­nachfolge struk­tu­rie­ren. Dabei ist es egal, ob der Generationswechsel

Struc­tu­ring your own compa­ny succes­si­on Read more »

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Oct 7 2015

Clari­fy important questi­ons about business succes­si­on in advance

Compa­ny succes­si­on / 2 minutes of reading

„Was erwar­tet mein Unter­neh­men, wenn ich gehe?“ Diese Frage beschäf­tigt so manch einen Unter­neh­mer im reife­rem Lebens­al­ter. Er hat sein Unternehmen

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Business people behind lettering: The best time to inform employees
Sep 30 2015

When to inform employees when selling a company

Compa­ny succes­si­on / 3 minutes of reading

Eine Unternehmens­nachfolge, ob inner­fa­mi­li­är oder Verkauf, löst schon bei den meisten Unter­neh­mern Unsicher­heit aus. Erst recht gilt das für die

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Sep 23 2015

Purely contin­gen­cy fee makes serious counsel­ling difficult

Compa­ny succes­si­on / 3 minutes of reading

Viele Firmen­in­ha­ber stellen sich die Frage, ob ein Berater im Prozess der Unternehmens­nachfolge ausschließ­lich ein Erfolgs­ho­no­rar erhal­ten sollte. Hans-Reinhart Grünbaum, Jurist

Purely contin­gen­cy fee makes serious counsel­ling diffi­cult Read more »

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Sep 23 2015

Advice traps in the process of business succession

Compa­ny succes­si­on / 3 minutes of reading

Die Auswahl eines geeig­ne­ten Beraters für die Organi­sa­ti­on der Unter­neh­mens­nach­fol­ger ist eine Heraus­for­de­rung für viele Firmen­in­ha­ber. Hans-Reinhart Grünbaum, Jurist im

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Sep 10 2015

Compa­ny succes­si­ons in Switz­er­land: Every eighth SME is looking for a successor

Compa­ny succes­si­on / 3 minutes of reading

The latest SME report from FHS St. Gallen focuses on compa­ny succes­si­on in Switz­er­land. The question

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Aug 26 2015

Accele­ra­te the compa­ny search with a direct approach

Compa­ny succes­si­on / 2 minutes of reading

In the fourth and final part of our series on compa­ny searches, we look at the direct approach as the most active form of identi­fy­ing a company.

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