Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article explores how failure of family farm succession is perceived by farm succession consultants in the context of the agricultural sector in Germany. After conducting semi-structured interviews with succession consultants, the transcripts were coded inductively. The data were categorized based on a framework of motives and outcomes of succession planning (Gilding et al., 2015). Three failure scenarios were identified: implosion of business and family, imposition of the incumbent’s will on successors, and selling the farm. The addition of a fourth scenario, the state of indecision about farm succession, is suggested. The study illustrates the complexity of generational relations.
Authors: Clara Wagner, Sarah Köksal, Vera Bitsch
Institution: Technical University of Munich
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411575388