Sucessão em empresas familiares: uma abordagem para redução de riscos em processos sucessórios

Abstract

Family businesses make up an important structure for the country's economic development. The succession of these companies is essential for their continuity, research carried out with EPP’s points out that about 30% of family businesses reach the second generation, 12% to the third and only 3% reach the fourth generation (Sebrae, 2016). Therefore, this study aimed to identify, describe and analyze the steps and elements that can be used as an approach to reduce risks in succession processes. The study is characterized as being a qualitative research, of an exploratory and descriptive nature, the data were collected through a semi-structured interview script. The results indicated that the succession process happens in most cases in an informal and intuitive way, causing several conflicts, so a planning of the succession process can contribute and minimize the risks. Therefore, an approach was suggested that aims to reduce the risks that a poorly structured succession process can cause in the company.