Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: A, Jonkoping International Business School, language: English, abstract: The relationship to non-family CEOs has become increasingly important for family businesses since many of them will face a change in leadership over the near future. Since oftentimes no suitable successor is present in the family, hiring a non-family CEO is a possible way of continuing the family business. The most important condition for a successful appointment of a non-family CEO thereby is the...