Sustainability in Family SMEs: Why Do Some Family Businesses Thrive Across Generations While Others Fail?

Why do some family businesses successfully pass from one generation to the next while others disappear within a few years? Is business succession a matter of strategy, leadership, family relationships, or simply luck?

Join FEIR HUB student researchers as they reveal what their research tells us about one of the most important challenges facing family-owned businesses: transferring a company, its values, and its future to the next generation. Through a series of engaging short presentations, participants will discover the factors that can make succession a success, the hidden risks that often lead to failure, and how sustainability, responsible leadership, and innovation influence long-term survival.

Whether you come from an entrepreneurial family, plan to start your own business, or are simply curious about what keeps companies alive across generations, this session offers fascinating insights into the human side of business continuity.