The Role of Knowledge Creation and Transfer in Family Firm Succession

The purpose of the study is to investigate role that knowledge creation and transfer processes play in family firm intergenerational succession Thailand. An exploratory qualitative case approach used. Interviews were conducted with successors predecessors small, medium large Thai firms have undergone leadership within past five years (30 firms, for n = 60 interviews). Data analyzed using a content analysis approach. There 16 different approaches identified are undertaken by successor. These commonplace including formal informal, internal external transfer. Most these occur at stages preparation (pre-succession, transition stages). While some used across others specific small or firms. develop process model succession. research develops an original associated This model, which incorporates staged identified, explains how why during process.