In an article by Ensley and Pearson, it is argued that top management teams (TMTs) with unique dynamics will have higher levels of cohesion, potency, task conflict, and shared strategic consensus than TMTs with less "familiness."This examination seeks to elaborate, on a general level, on the...

We review and analyze previous literature on succession in family firms from an entrepreneurial process perspective. Through a three-step cluster analysis of 117 published articles on succession in family firms published between 1974 and 2010, we find several themes within which succession can...