Germany is known for its family-owned businesses that transfer ownership across generations. However, business owners in Germany increasingly envision selling their business beyond the family, which fundamentally changes the institutionalized way private ownership of businesses is transferred....

Germany is known for its family-owned businesses that transfer ownership across generations. However, business owners in Germany increasingly envision selling their business beyond the family, which fundamentally changes the institutionalized way private ownership of businesses is transferred....

Dem öffentlichen "Generationenvertrag" - der Umverteilung von den Erwerbstätigen zu den Rentnern - steht ein privater Transferfluß in der umgekehrten Richtung gegenüber. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick zu den privaten materiellen Transfers und den instrumentellen Unterstützungsleistungen...