Ownership in a Family Business as a Profession

Professor Dr. Hermut Kormann served for many years as the Chairman of the Board in a large German family business. He oversees various research projects on governance and strategy in family businesses at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen.Dr. Monika Susanne Börner is a shareholder in the fourth generation of a family business. She is a systemic consultant, researcher, and artist, and she earned her doctorate on decision-making processes of non-operating shareholders at the University of Witten/Herdecke.

• Ownership in Family Businesses.- The Concept of Family Businesses.- Integrating Competence and Commitment.- Structure of the Entrepreneurial Family.- Structure of the Company. Structure of Secondary Assets.- Processes of the Owner Family.- Processes for Advancing the Business.- Developing Secondary Assets.- Succession Planning. Developing an Individual Agenda.