Factors Influencing Succession Planning for Continuity of Family-owned Businesses in the Wa Municipality, Ghana

Factors influencing the uptake of family planning services in the Talensi District, Ghana

INTRODUCTION Usage of family planning services in developing countries have been found to avert unintended pregnancies, reduce maternal and child mortality, however, it's usage still remains low. Hence, the objective of this study was to investigate the factors that influence the decision of women in fertility age to go for family planning services. METHODS This was a descriptive cross-sectio...

Factors influencing the intention of women in rural Ghana to adopt postpartum family planning

BACKGROUND Uptake of postpartum family planning (PPFP) remains low in sub-Saharan Africa and very little is known about how pregnant women arrive at their decisions to adopt PPFP. This information is needed to guide the development of interventions to promote PPFP. METHODS We conducted a survey among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in a rural district in Ghana. We used univariate a...

Family Businesses: The Extensiveness of Succession Problems and Possible Solutions

Exploring Social Outcomes of Interactions between University Students and Waala Communities in the Wa Municipality, Ghana

In the context of social integration theory, this paper explores the social outcomes of interactions between university students and indigenous Waala communities in the Wa Municipality, northwestern Ghana. Drawing on results from focus group discussions and in-depth interviews, weposit that social integration outcomes have been both positive and negative, the latter being predominant. In the po...

Management Succession in Family-owned SMEs: Learning from Failure

Succession is acknowledged to be especially critical in small organizations, as it is estimated that in the EU alone there is a risk of losing 150,000 firms due to transfer problems and only one third of family businesses “survive” their founder. As the vast majority of firms are in fact family businesses and SMEs, the economic impact of these unsuccessful successions is great. There exists a s...