Dissertations / Theses: 'Succession'

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Klein, Marie, and Lamiaa Bakry. "Succession and Post-Succession Conflicts in Family Firms : A Multi-perspective Investigation into Succession and Post-Succession Conflicts in Multigenerational Family Firms." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS Entrepreneurship Centre, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-52522.

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Abstract Background The succession process of a family firm is associated with a number of challenges, and hence a potential for conflicts is strongly pronounced. However, succession is of utmost importance for a family firm, as it is the only way to avoid a company closure in the long run. Previous literature has already extensively researched the phenomena of conflicts in family firms. However, there is a lack of research that looks from a multi-perspective lens into the context of succession and post-succession conflicts. Therefore, in the present research, we examine how family businesses experience and cope conflicts that appear after a successfully mastered intrafamily succession. Purpose This study aims to advance the understanding of conflicts in family firms related explicitly to the context of successions and post-successions. Hence, the thesis aims to determine how conflicts that appear in these contexts are experienced and how they are coped with. Method The study follows a qualitative methodological approach and an inductive analysis. The sample consists of three companies and 14 research respondents, and the data was collected with semi-structured qualitative interviews. Afterwards, the data was coded, and the emerging patterns and themes have been formulated and presented with a general model. Doing so, the focus was on patterns of succession- and post-succession-related conflicts and their coping strategies. Conclusion Our findings reveal that succession and post-succession-related conflicts are experienced as evoked intangible and provoked tangible conflicts and these conflicts are consciously as well as unconsciously coped with. Furthermore, our findings suggest that succession and post-succession family firm conflicts appear as conflict loops. Hence, the coping mechanisms identified and presented are helpful to solve a conflict, but the loop can hardly be escaped.

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Hill, Gregory Cash. "On managerial succession." Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3945.

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This dissertation is an exploration, development and application of a theory on the effects of managerial succession on organizational performance in the public sector. Public management is a field of study within public administration that is gaining momentum and is strengthening both its theoretical and empirical bases. In this dissertation I build upon the very small literature on managerial (or executive) succession to develop a theory of the effects of managerial succession on performance. I posit that in the short-term performance will decrease; however, over time organizations that have had a succession event will see an increase in performance. I employ the use of three unique datasets: Texas school district superintendents, British local education authorities, and Major League Baseball field managers. All datasets have particular strengths that allow for a more complete empirical analysis. What we find is that, while there appears to be no significant relationship between managerial succession and performance in the year following the succession event, there is a positive and significant event over time. Furthermore, in the British analysis, which is designed to test a similar organization to the Texas analysis yet in a vastly different organizational structure, we find no significant relationship between performance and succession.

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Holden, Maxwell L. "Pandemonium and Succession." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1595497411059288.

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Alarie, Marcel. "La succession d'entreprises." Thèse, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 1990. http://depot-e.uqtr.ca/5486/1/000584372.pdf.

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Aleem, Majid, and Md Shariful Islam. "Successful Succession in Family Businesses : Individual Level Factors and Succession Planning Models." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-9326.

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Individual level factors related to the successor have a central role to play in the succession process of the business. When these factors are viewed in relation to succession planning models, these factors have a direct relation to the succession models in terms of success or failure of the succession process. The major contributing factor to the success or failure of the succession process is that of the leadership provided to the organization by the predecessor. These leadership qualities change from one form to another during different phases of the succession planning models.

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Whitmore, Melissa A. "Success through succession : implementing succession planning at the Texas Department of Insurance /." View online, 2006. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/185/.

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Pitteloud-Nguyen, Thi Nha Khanh. "La répudiation d'une succession /." Fribourg Suisse : [s.n.], 2008. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?sys=000253710.

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Shearer, Elaine. "Succession of influential leaders." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ59479.pdf.

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Roehrig-Sion, Delphine. "La révélation de succession." Paris 2, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997PA020023.

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La connaissance de toutes les personnes ayant vocation a recueillir une succession est aujourd'hui difficile. Le paysage familial a change : les membres des familles traditionnelles sont souvent disperses et les familles naturelles se multiplient. Pareille situation a donne naissance a une profession insolite : celle de genealogiste successoral dont le role est d'etablir a la demande du notariat les devolutions de defunts decedes sans heritiers connus. Une fois trouves, ce professionnel pourra alors leur reveler les droits qui se sont ouverts a leur profit mais a leur insu, au travers d'une convention originale qualifiee de "contrat de revelation de succession". Celle-ci regle leurs rapports respectifs puisque le genealogiste doit recevoir en compensation de la revelation qu'il a faite un pourcentage de l'actif net qu'il aura permis a l'heritier de recueillir. Qualifier pareil contrat s'est avere difficile. Les tribunaux et les cours l'ont prudemment range dans la categorie des contrats sui generis a caractere aleatoire. Pour etre valablement forme, le contrat de revelation doit repondre aux conditions classiques du droit commun des obligations. A ces conditions sont venues s'ajouter des regles particulieres propres au droit de la consommation et auxquelles le genealogiste successoral n'etait pas soumis conformement a une jurisprudence contante depuis vingt trois ans. La cour de cassation vient de mettre un terme a cette jurisprudence en decidant, par un arret en date du 30 octobre 1996, que le genealogiste est un demarcheur soumis de ce fait aux prescriptions des articles l. 121-23 du code de la consommation
It is difficult these days to determine all the persons entitled to inherit under french succession law. The concept of the family has considerably changed : often the traditionnal family circle is widely dispersed and the number of families with illegitimate off spring is on the increase. This development accounts for the emergence of an unusual profession known as succession genealogist (genealogiste successoral), whose task is to establish, upon the request of a notary, the identities of the beneficiaries of the estate of a deceased who has died leaving no known heirs. Once the genealogist has identified the relations of the deceased, he will then be in a position to inform them of their inheritance rights, previously unknown to them, by virtue of what is known as an agreement for the identification of succession beneficiaries (contrat de revelation de succession). In consideration for his services, he will be entitled under this agreement to payment of a percentage of that part of the net estate devolving to the heir in question. The legal classification of such a contract is no simple matter. The courts have decided, with a considerable degree of caution, to place the contract in the category of a sui generis risk contract. The validity of contract is subject to the ordinary common law rules of contract. Until recently, there was an unbroken line of precedent over a period of twenty-three years to the effect that such contract be subject to no particular regulations. However, the french supreme court, by a recent decision dated 30th october 1996, ruled that the genealogist falls into the same category as that of door-to-door salesman and, as such, is subject in the performance of his duties to the restrictions laid down in articles l. 121-23 et seq of the consumer code

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Durand, Sébastien. "La renonciation à succession." Montpellier 1, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003MON10015.

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La renonciation à succession est l'acte juridique unilatéral par lequel l' héritier abandonne ses droits successoraux ; l'option successorale est libre. Deux aspects clés de la renonciation sont à envisager. Tout d'abord son efficacité. L' exigence de forme consiste en l'obligation de déclaration au greffe du TGI. Néanmoins certaines renonciations dites " conventionnelles " produisent leurs effets entre les parties. La remise en cause de la renonciation à succession peut être désirée par le renonçant, revenant sur son option ; à l'opposé, elle peut lui être imposée, en cas de fraude. Deuxième point, les effets : le renonçant, principal intéressé, est rétroactivement exclu de la succession ; les autres héritiers vont bénéficier de cette répudiation en tenant leurs droits de la loi et non du renonçant.

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Horton, Lindsey. "Intervention in succession a method for applying succession theory in landscape design with a focus on vegetation succession in western Washington /." Online access for everyone, 2005. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2005/L%5FHorton%5F042805.pdf.

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Skagerstam, Rikard. "Återställning av avslutade torvtäkter genom naturlig succession : Undersökning av naturlig succession vid avslutade torvtäkter." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-17139.

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I Sverige finns idag ett stort antal områden där torvbrytning pågått och avslutats utan att någon efterbehandling av områdena genomförts, och dessa områden har då lämnats för att återhämtas genom naturlig succession. Syftet med studie är att undersöka hur avslutade torvtäkter återhämtar sig till dess ursprungliga karaktär och artsammansättning av en mosse genom naturlig succession, utan påverkan från någon typ av efterbehandling, restaurering eller annan typ av markanvändning. Undersökningen genomfördes genom att undersöka artsammansättningen hos tre avslutade torvtäkter där brytning avslutats på 1950-talet med tre mossar utan omfattande påverkan från torvbrytning eller annan markavvattning. Resultaten visar att avslutade torvtäkter inte återhämtar sig till dess ursprungliga artsammansättning av torvbildande och typiska arter för en mosse genom naturlig succession. Resultaten pekar på att ytterligare restaureringsåtgärder behöver genomföras för att återställa avslutade torvtäkter till dess ursprungliga miljö, samt kunskapsunderlaget för restaureringsalternativ behöver breddas.

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Dawkins, Glenys Heather Mary. "Plant pathogens and ecological succession." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/8317.

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Sarbit, Beverley Gayl. "Principal succession, the reel story?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ60344.pdf.

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Jones, Jeffery C. "Principal succession, a case study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ64919.pdf.

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Hobson, Nicole DeJarnett Beyerlein Michael Martin. "Succession planning and situational engagement." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-5168.

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Parkhurst, Michael. "Founder succession in small businesses." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3556877.

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The purpose of this study is twofold. The first is to replicate and expand on previous studies by Rubenson and Gupta (1992, 1996) who introduced a contingency model for the initial succession of an organization. The second purpose is to verify that their model is applicable to organizations that are substantially smaller than the original 54 Fortune 1000 companies that were studied. The researcher used a qualitative research methodology to answer the following research questions. 1. Is the Contingency Model of the Initial Succession proposed by Rubenson and Gupta (1996) transferable to organizations of smaller size and lower revenues? 2. Were the founders of small sized organizations planning for their eventual succession? 3. What other factors came into play beyond those outlined by Rubenson and Gupta (1996) during the succession process?

The qualitative research methodology employed was a grounded theory research design utilizing personal interviews with the first successors of an organization. The researcher used a combination of structured and unstructured questions during the interviews of 15 successor CEOs about the process of succession from the founder to them as the next organizational leader. Participants in this study were chosen by a combination of purposeful sampling and chain referencing methods. All the participants and organizations in this study met the following criteria: (a) the interviewed successor must be the first leader after the founder, (b) the organizations must have been between $5 and $200 million dollars in annual revenue at the time of succession, (c) the organizations must have had 200 employees or less at the time of succession, and (d) the succession must either be in process or have happened within the last 5 years.

The results of this study suggest that founders who maintain a controlling equity position in their organizations are able to set the date and method of their succession with impunity. Only 6 of the 12 sub-factors in the model for the initial succession were confirmed in the sample population of this study. It is the authors conclusion that the proposed model by Rubenson and Gupta (1996) as it is currently constructed had minimal explanatory power in the target population of this study. Additionally, 6 themes were discovered during the interview process: founders are thinking in terms of how to cash out of the business rather than their legacy; founders are not planning for succession until it is thrust upon them by illness, old age, or by their family; founders did whatever they wanted because they were the majority shareholder; successors are not inclined to confront the founder; founders have a high level of self identification with the organization; and founders hung onto the organization because it was their hobby.

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Zhuang, Xue-ying, and 莊雪影. "Forest succession in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31234021.

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Hobson, Nicole DeJarnett. "Succession Planning and Situational Engagement." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5168/.

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Succession planning is the creation of a pool of high potential employees that receive specific training and developmental opportunities with the intention of promotion. There is a definite need to deepen our understanding of what implications there are from a psychological point of view for employees when a major process like succession planning is implemented. Employee engagement is the experienced commitment, which leads to discretionary effort. The purpose of this research is to explore an underlying factor structure for engagement drivers and understand how a major organizational initiative, succession planning, impacts employee engagement. This research was conducted at a petroleum organization in the Southwest United States (N = 2023) and compares engagement based on group membership in a succession planning process (Informed-High Status, Uninformed-High Status, and Uninformed-Low Status). The underlying factor structure of drivers was found to have one factor of engagement. There was a significant difference in the engagement levels based on membership within the succession plan (high status versus low status). However, communicating to an employee their involvement in the succession plan did not differentiate between engagement levels.

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Dumberry, Patrick. "State succession to international responsibility /." Leiden : M. Nijhoff, 2007. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb412862567.

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Zhuang, Xue-ying. "Forest succession in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13671716.

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Tingling, Janet. "Hospital Executive Succession Planning Strategies." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4948.

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Approximately 50% of New York City hospitals lack succession planning as baby boomers transition out of the workforce into retirement. The potential loss of knowledge capital could affect leadership development and corporate stability. Guided by the transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this single site case study was to explore successful strategies executive-level leaders used to facilitate succession planning within their hospital. Three hospital executive-level leaders from a single site location participated in a semistructured face-to-face interview and provided data that assisted the analysis. Four themes emerged from the data analysis through a word cloud format that showed the most commonly used words and phrases from participants' responses to interview questions and review of company succession planning documents. The themes were organizational strategies used to promote executive-level succession planning, encouraging peer-mentorship, knowledge sharing strategies, and talent management. The findings revealed that the participants' organization lacked formal succession planning strategies, but policies were in place that promoted in-house training and development to prepare the next generation of executive-level leaders. The findings of this study can contribute to positive social change by providing a work-related environment that embraces knowledge sharing and leadership development to increase leadership performance, income, and productivity, to ensure a better quality of life for employees and to improve the healthcare of patients and the community served.

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Coffman, Brett A. "The family business succession model: an exploratory analysis of factors impacting family business succession preparedness." Diss., Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16979.

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Doctor of Philosophy
Department of Family Studies and Human Services
John E. Grable and Kristy L. Archuleta
The efficient operation and succession of family owned businesses plays a critical role in our national economic health. This study was built upon the Family Business Succession Model, which is based on family systems theory. The impact of owner characteristics, enterprise characteristics, business formalizing activities, family influence, access to resources, and external environmental conditions, all on the extensiveness of family business succession preparedness, was assessed. These results were moderated by the generation of the business. With an exploratory and descriptive methodology, primary survey data were obtained from family business owners in Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas. Research results provide family business advisors with important insight for developing recommendations around improving the extensiveness of family business succession preparedness, provide important policy implications, and serve as a basis for additional theory development in family business succession planning.

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Thiam, Cheikh Tidiane. "Décolonisation et succession d'états en Afrique : contribution à l'étude de la succession à l'ordre juridique." Paris 1, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989PA010274.

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La substitution de souverainete intervenue sur le territoire d'un etat accedant a l'independance implique, selon le principe de la table rase, le remplacement de l'ordre juridique interne de l'etat predecesseur par celui de l'etat nouvellement independant. Cette substitution d'ordres juridiques concerne l'ordre legislatif et l'ordre juridictionnel ainsi que la nationalite et touche l'ordre conventionnel precedemment applicable au territoire du nouvel etat. Mais autant les nouveaux etats africains ont dans l'ensemble reaffirme dans leur pratique, leur libre volonte de substituer leur nouvel ordre juridique a celui precedemment en vigueur sur leur territoire, autant ces etats ont-ils admis l'existence d'une limite d'ordre pratique a l'application du principe de la table rase en amenageant une certaine continuite, meme provisoire, dans l'application de la legislation ancienne et dans l'administration de la justice. En matiere de nationalite, cette limite d'ordre pratique qui correspond au souci du nouvel etat de proteger son propre patrimoine humain, se double d'une limite d'ordre juridique reconnue dans l'institution du droit d'option. Cette double affirmation de rupture et de continuite se retrouve egalement dans la pratique successorale relative aux traites. Elle traduit une mise en oeuvre certaine du principe de la table rase amplement pris en compte dans l'oeuvre de codification et de developpement du droit international contemporain et nettement consacre par la convention des nations unies sur la succession d'etats en matiere de traites adoptee a vienne en 1978.

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Durnerin, Philippe. "Le passif successoral." Paris 2, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990PA020052.

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Le passif successoral redevient une question d'actualite, notamment grace au projet de reforme du droit civil des successions publie en 1989, dans lequel il est omni present. La notion de passif est d'ordinaire presentee selon une demarche analytique y distingue traditionnellement les dettes du defunt, les charges de la succession, les legs a titre particulier. Dette presentation doit etre affinee, en precisant quelles dettes sont transmises, ce que sont les charges, et en ecartant les legs. Le passif ne regroupe donc que les dettes et charges, dont on constate qu'elles obeissent a un meme regime juridique. Mais cette assimi- lation ne correspond pas a une unite de nature. Le passif n'est qu7 une notion fonctionnelle, qui puise son unite dans la consideration des interets en presence, avant tout ceux du defunt. L'obligation au passif repose sur deux regles distinctes et mises en oeuvre successivement. Le droit francais repose sur des prin- cipes d'obligation, en regle l'obligation ultra vires, fondes sur l'e- quilibre des interets, et qui n'admet que de rares exceptions. Nos succes -sibles peuvent ensuite moduler ces principes par le jeu de l'option. Quant au reglement du passif, il est en principe inorganise, sous re- serve de la pratique notariale, et du projet de reforme, opportun
The hereditary liability becomes again a present question specially because of the project of reform of the civil law about successions published in 1389, which regards particularly the liability. The notion of liability is usually exposed in an analytic way : it is composed of the deceased debts, the hereditary duties and speci -fic legacies. This presentation may be refined. It is necessary to explain which are transmissible, what duties are, and to dis- card the legacies. The hereditary liability joins only debts and duties. They obeys to the same rules of lam. But the assimilation does not correspond to an unity of nature. The hereditary liabili- - ty is a functional notion, which unity sets on the consideration of the interests involved, above all, the deceaes'ones. The duty of the liability sets on two kinds of rules which must be carried out successivly : the principles of obligation - at first the obligation ultra vires, which bears few exceptions, and the option. The settle- - ment of the liability is organised, save notarial practice and the opportune project. So the balance of interest involved is preserved

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Burnette, Brittany C. ""Upon this rock" an exegetical and patristic examination of Matthew 16:18 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Garnett, G. S. "Royal succession in England, 1066-1154." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599325.

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This dissertation attempts to show how William the Conqueror's claim to be the legitimate, designated, direct successor of Edward the Confessor played a large part in determining not only the nature of post-conquest royal accessions, but also the structure of land tenure. It seeks to analyse how the application of the antecessor argument resulted in a new precision in the definition of the gap between the death of a king and the constitution of his successor. Because the argument, which forms the basis of Domesday Book, provided the framework for post-conquest dependent tenure, this novel precision was also evident in the definition of escheat. But despite the parallel, the interregnum could not be analysed in terms of escheat, because the kingdom was not held of any lord to whom it could revert on the death of a tenant. The king was a necessary exception to the terms of the system which depended ultimately on him. After sketching the legal context of post-conquest royal successions, I try to show why the precisely defined period of interregnum was marked by so great a degree of disorder. In part this resulted from conflict within the royal/ducal kin arising from the inapplicability to the acquired kingdom of pre-conquest mechanisms for ensuring the relatively peaceful descent of the duchy. But these conflicts meshed with the expression of resentments engendered by the king's use of his unique powers over tenure to exploit claims based on Norman hereditary conventions when he did not deny them. I examine how the concept of interregnum, based on this experience and defined in terms of the antecessor scheme, assumed a crucial role in debates about disputed succession, particularly during Stephen's reign. And I show how what I term the problem of interregnum was successfully solved for the first time in post-conquest England in the settlement of 1153. Like all his Anglo-Norman predecessors, the future Henry II only became king at the moment of coronation; but unlike them he was secure in his claim at the moment of the previous king's death. It is impossible to establish with much certainty the precise liturgical form used at Anglo-Norman coronations prior to 1154. But I show that the case for the introduction of the third recension ordo in or around 1066 is not supported by the manuscript evidence, and that an Anglo-Saxon ritual probably continued in use for some considerable time after the conquest. Although the ceremony had assumed a novel and crucial pre-emptive role in constituting a king, the ritual form remained unchanged.

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Schofield, James Edward. "Vegetation succession in the Humber wetlands." Thesis, University of Hull, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.395518.

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Mitchell, Ruth Joy. "Studies of succession on Dorset heaths." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264279.

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Perry, Melissa Anne. "State succession, boundaries and territorial regimes." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.338260.

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Edwards-Jones, Gareth. "Insect herbivore load and plant succession." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/47046.

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Huchet, Marc-Olivier. "Le contrat de révélation de succession." Rennes 1, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008REN1G011.

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La jurisprudence récente estime que le contrat de révélation de succession est un contrat de consommation, vraisemblablement d'entreprise et commutatif. Elle le soumet donc aux règles du démarchage et à son pouvoir de fixation des honoraires. Pourtant, ce contrat n'a pas les caractéristiques du contrat de consommation, ni du contrat d'entreprise ou d'aucune catégorie connue. Il est donc innommé et sui generis, comme en décidait auparavant la jurisprudence. De plus, il est aléatoire. Contrairement à ce qui est enseigné par la doctrine majoritaire, l'héritier encourt bien des risques de perte, même s'ils sont masqués par le gain successoral. Or, ce dernier ne doit pas être pris en compte au stade de la recherche de l'aléa parce qu'il n'est pas d'origine contractuelle. Il apparaît ainsi que le risque pour l'héritier consiste à payer l'exécution de la prestation du généalogiste plus cher que sa valeur objective, alors même qu'il ne sera globalement pas apprauvri par l'opération. Qualifié de la sorte, le contrat de révélation de succession ne peut être soumis qu'au droit commun des obligations et doit être soustrait à la réfaction judiciaire
Recent case law regards heir hunter contracts as consumer contracts, probably in the nature of business contracts and commutative, therefore coming under the rules governing door-to-door selling and the possibility it entails to determine fee awards. Still such contracts do not share the characteristics of consumer or business contracts, or any other known type of contract. They therefore lack designation and are sui generis, as previously held by case law. They are, moreover, aleatory. Contrary to what the prevailing doctrine purports, heirs do run the risk of incurring losses, even though such risk will be hidden by the prospect of benefits. Now such benefits must not be taken into account when assessing risks as they do not pertain to the contract. In this respect, the risk for the heir appears to be paying a higher price for the performance of the probate genealogist's dues than its objective worth, even thoug he will not the whole be improverished by the transaction. Thus defined, heir hunter contracts can only fall under the ordinary law of contracts and must not be subject to the judge's discretion to reduce fee awards

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Gnamou-Petauton, Dandi. "Dissolution et succession entre organisations internationales." Paris 11, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006PA111008.

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Martin, Renee. "DemolitionLand: succession in the urban landscape." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1282576358.

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Hester, Alison Janet. "Vegetation succession under developing birch woods." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1988. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU010074.

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Birch readily colonizes heather moorland in the absence of regular burning, and successional changes in the dominance of various plant species take place beneath the developing woodland. Birch (unlike Calluna vulgaris and many conifers) has long been thought to have an ameliorating effect on soils. Changes such as this in association with other environmental changes accompanying the development of birch woodland can have complex and often interactive effects on the species involved in a succession of this sort. It is not known to what degree the changes in species dominance beneath developing birch can be attributed to soil changes or to other factors such as changing light levels, leaf litter, or grazing animals, for example. This thesis examines some of the species changes taking place beneath birch stands of different ages which have colonized heather moorland in north-east Scotland and attempts to elucidate some of the mechanisms controlling these species changes. (1) Examination of seed inputs revealed that this factor restricts the colonization of some, but not all, later successional species. (2) Germination of most species was unaffected by age of birch stand, but early growth of all species improved with increasing age of birch stand. (3) Results of experiments altering light intensity, nutrient availability and simulated grazing gave information on the relative importance of these factors in controlling the species changes beneath the birch stands studied. (4) The predictive ability of a Markov model in the simulation of succession under birch was shown to be limited; the use of this model did generate some interesting hypotheses about the nature of some of the processes of change operating in this successional system.

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Wheeler, Meredith. "The Leadership Succession Process In Megachurches." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2008. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/12832.

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The purpose of this study is to examine the succession processes and experiences of senior pastors in megachurches. The term succession is used in the study to refer to the transition in which one leader leaves an organization and another one takes her/his place. The term process speaks of the sequence of individual and collective events, actions, and activities unfolding over time in context (Pettigrew, 1985). The term senior pastor is used to refer to the top leader in churches with multiple pastoral staff. The term megachurch is used here as a descriptive term to refer to Protestant churches with 2,000 or more attendees in their worship services each week (Thumma, 1996). Few changes have greater impact on an organization than the change of the senior leader. Historically, succession processes in churches have been disruptive events often leading to temporary or, in many cases, permanent decline (particularly when the predecessor led the church to a perhaps unprecedented time of growth). Succession was often an undiscussed matter until the departure of a predecessor. Since the proliferation of megachurches is a relatively new social phenomenon, little is known about the succession processes of senior pastors in these churches. This study on succession process seeks to address a gap in the literature regarding succession in megachurches by offering first- hand descriptive accounts by those who have lived through the succession process. Further, this study seeks to enrich the literature by seeking to integrate current leadership theory with this succession study. Examination of the processes of succession and the nature of the proposed research questions favor a qualitative approach methodologically. Since this is an attempt to holistically describe what is going on and to build a knowledge base for developing theory rather than test hypotheses, the methodology adopted needs to allow maximally for serendipitous discovery, description and explanation. This study proposes to describe, analyze and compare the succession processes and experiences of senior pastors in three megachurches through in-depth interviews with those most immersed in the succession process, through document review, archival review and through a basic organization profile survey.
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Coleman, Lauri Bauer. "Parliament and the Tudor Succession Crisis." W&M ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626228.

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Boykins, Regenia R. "Nonprofit Leaders' Strategies for Succession Planning." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6525.

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Many nonprofit organizations lack systematic approaches to succession planning. The absence of a strategic succession plan can limit leaders' abilities to maintain organizational sustainability and fulfill the organization's mission. The purpose of this single-case study was to explore strategies nonprofit leaders used to develop succession plans. The conceptual framework for the study was the knowledge transfer theory. Participants included 3 nonprofit leaders from an educational organization in the southeastern United States. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and analysis of internal organizational documents and publicly available data. Using an inductive content analysis, 3 themes emerged: boards of directors were critical to the process of developing a strategic plan for succession; leadership transition, whether planned or unplanned, necessitated preparation; and leadership development was a valued practice that contributed to a succession planning strategy. The results of this study might contribute to positive social change by providing nonprofit leaders with succession strategies to recruit, retain, and prepare leaders to ensure organizational sustainability and mission attainment. Nonprofit educational leaders who develop succession planning strategies can enhance organizational continuity and develop competent volunteers to provide much-needed programs for the communities they serve.

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Chesley, Daisy. "Succession Planning in Family-Owned Businesses." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3554.

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Many family-owned businesses lack strategies regarding succession planning. Succession planning is a company's way of embracing the future. The majority of U.S.-based family-owned businesses do not survive to the second generation, and only 3% of family-owned businesses make it past a third generation. This descriptive case study explored strategies that 4 leaders of a family-owned financial business in the Washington, DC area use to prepare future generations to assume leadership roles in their company. The theory of family systems and the theory of organizational and business development were the conceptual frameworks for this study. In-depth interviews with purposively selected members of the small family-owned business were supplemented with a review of documentation from archival records. Yin's 5-step analysis guided the coding process of participants' response, capturing essential elements using the participants' own language. Member checking was used to validate the transcribed data. The major themes of the study revealed the owners' strategies relating to comprehensive business development, examining the family systems, strengthening retention of all employees, examining organizational theory, planning for the future with contingency strategies, strengthening team building, training and support, and understanding leadership knowledge and leadership competency. This study may benefit small businesses by providing lessons learned on ensuring organizational sustainability. This study's implications for social change include contributing to social stability and continuing economic growth.

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Wang, Hongxia. "Essays On CEO Turnover, Succession, And Compensation." Available to subscribers only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1879673281&sid=20&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2009.
"College of Business Administration." Keywords: CEO compensation, CEO succession, CEO turnover, Managerial discretion, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Successor age. Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-124). Also available online.

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Berry, Brenda Anne Russell. "Succession to school leadership: challenge and response for principals." Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/418.

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Between 1998 and 2000, seventy principals were named in the Austin Independent School District to succeed other principals. Several schools had two or more principals in that period. Not only is there an immediate cost when a principal is not successful, but there is also a cost associated with repair or replacement. Knowing what is necessary in the induction experience to make a principal succeed is critical. We have an obligation to these principals, their teachers, the taxpayers, and most of all, the students, to maximize their success. This study explored the experiences of elementary principals in the Austin Independent School District who recently succeeded other principals. Issues addressed included the principals' perceptions of their experiences and the impact of those experiences on their effectiveness. Findings will be offered as recommendations that may better inform principals who step into the succession role in the district. Questionnaires were sent to elementary principals named between 1998 and 1999 and still in those same schools in 2001-2002. Based on responses, principals were invited to participate in focus groups. Based on written responses and participation in focus groups, three principals were selected as case studies. Data revealed that succession principals had positive experiences including communication with others, establishment of procedures and routines, relationship building, and knowledge of district policies and procedures. Negative experiences included the effects of prior school leadership, challenging relationships, communication issues, and lack of support. As a result of these experiences, principals developed inner strength and powerful relationships with peers. It was recommended that support for succession principals continue beyond the induction year and include: trained mentors; time to dialogue with mentors and peer principals; quick responses to questions or requests for support; and receipt, early in the process, of critical information regarding role definition, expectations, district policies, and district procedures. Recommendations for further study included: investigating the succession experiences of secondary principals; comparing the succession experiences of principals named from within the district to those named from outside the district; and studying the relationship between the rate of principal retention and teacher retention.

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Ekwall, Malin, and Michelle Mello. "Familjeägda turistföretag : Succé med succession för landsbygdsdestinationer?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-17305.

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This paper examines family owned tourism businesses with a special focus on succession. In Nordic countries tourism has been widely promoted and used in rural development as a replacement economy for ‘traditional’ livelihoods based on rural production. Because the tourism and hospitality industry, especially in rural areas, is dominated by family enterprises, the topic of succession is of great relevance for tourism and tourism destinations. This paper looks at family businesses’ special characteristics, challenges and advantages in terms of ownership structure, lifestyle, motivations, employees and destination impact. This paper concludes that, while family-owned Small and Medium-sized enterprises make up the backbone of the tourism industry, especially in rural destinations, there exists insufficient research on their significance within tourism. A small percentage of family owned tourism businesses are successfully handed over to succeeding generations. Those that do are exceptional and more sustainable both in financial and marketing terms and therefore extremely advantageous for destinations. On the other hand, family businesses that fail to be passed on to following generations can have a devastating effect on tourism and destinations in general.
Den här uppsatsen behandlar familjeägda turistföretags betydelse för varaktigheten i landsbygdsdestinationer med fokus på succession. I våra nordiska länder har turism på senare år använts som landsbygdsutveckling och i viss mån som ersättning för de mer traditionella näringarna som jordbruk och fiske. Eftersom turism och besöksindustrin, speciellt i de perifera områdena, domineras av familjeföretag är succession inom dessa av stor betydelse för turism och turistdestinationer. Uppsatsen tar i övrigt upp familjeföretagens kännetecken, utmaningar och fördelar beträffande ägarstrukturer, livsstil, motivation, medarbetare och destinationspåverkan. Familjeföretag utgör ryggraden för turismindustrin i allmänhet och landsbygdsdestinationer i synnerhet men trots det saknas forskning om den här typen av företags betydelse för turism. Endast en liten andel av familjeägda turistföretag genomgår ett generationsskifte. Det gör att de som klarar en succession är unika och mer varaktiga både ur finansiell och ur marknadsmässig synpunkt vilket är mycket fördelaktigt för destinationen. Å andra sidan kan de företag som inte lyckas med en succession vara förödande för hela samhället där de verkar.

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Fox, Roderick Charles. "Successful implementation of succession planning: second generation." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012445.

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Family businesses are prevalent in South Africa and throughout the world. Succession is one of the largest challenges facing family businesses. It has been estimated that only one third of family businesses survive to the second generation. This study attempts to determine what the main features are to promote successful family business succession and continuity. The family chosen for this research is the Venter family. The research has scaled the various influencing variables from the literature review into the following focus areas: relationships, conflict, vision, effective succession characteristics and continuity. The findings reflect many instances found in the literature, some are: individuals can manage themselves and have relationships with others; have the ability to resolve conflicts; have mutual support and trust; there is respect between the founder and successor; the business vision is clear; communication is open and clear and decisions are based on expertise and knowledge. Many other aspects are highlighted in the research that follows. In addition, the study attempts to identify the generational effects, the major characteristics of the family owned succession process and the views of the predecessors on the succession process and the post succession period.

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Campbell, David Nathan. "Provisions for leadership succession in the P.R.C." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28591.

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Most analysts study leadership succession in communist states as a "crisis" which ensues after the death of a dominant leader. This study takes an alternative approach. It is a survey of provisions for leadership succession in the People's Republic, of China. This involves a comparison of the strategies and motivations of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping in providing for their own succession. Deng Xiaoping's more extensive provisions for leadership succession during the CCP's transition towards a more institutionalized one-party bureaucratic rule are likely to be more durable than Mao's provisions in the earlier period. Nevertheless, guarantees of smooth and regularized succession, especially of protégés promoted on the basis of personal ties within the leadership core, may be impossible to obtain. Mao's provisions were aimed largely at what he saw as a probable, but deplorable, bureaucratic future of the PRC. Deng, on the other hand, perceives an element of opportunity in the succession process. He has tried to provide leadership that will, in his estimation, be better able to bring about China's modernization. In both leaders' provisions for succession, the elevation to the status of "heir apparent" of individuals has been a political liability to those individuals, especially when their promotion is perceived to be based largely on personal ties to the dominant leader. This liability becomes more pronounced in a period of bureaucratic, collective leadership. Because of his shifting policy preferences, his status as charismatic leader, and the ambitious nature of his protégés, Mao Zedong was unsuccessful in providing for his own succession. Deng Xiaoping, on the other hand, has been successful in cultivating a reserve of young, well-educated cadres. These provisions, because they are extensive and exist in a more subdued, consensus-oriented political environment, may well be Deng's most enduring legacy.
Arts, Faculty of
Political Science, Department of
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Collette, Stephanie. "Sovereign bonds: odious debts and state succession." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209718.

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Though sovereign debts are often viewed as risk-free assets, some extreme events may lead to the repudiation of these debts. A large literature has been devoted to the motivations of repayment and to the causes of default. The impact of wars, which may lead to the repudiation of sovereign debt, on sovereign bond prices has also been analyzed. However, the impact of other types of seldom occurring but dramatic events, which may lead to the repudiation of debts, on bond prices has been overlooked. My current research aims to analyze three of them: the repudiation of debts because of their alleged "odiousness", the introduction of common debt after a state's unification and the debt partition following the break-up of a country. Since the events under consideration don't happen frequently, the dissertation will rely on four historical examples: Cuba, Russia, Italy and Belgium. The time period considered is the 19th century. Based on a historical analysis and the set-up of an original database, this project determines the effects of these events on sovereign debt valorization, using an econometric approach.

The first part of the research estimates the risk premium required by investors to hold debts which could be denounced as odious. Bondholders could require a premium to compensate for the higher default risk due to the odious character of the debts. The paper quantifies the risk premium required by investors to hold debts which could be denounced as odious and it analyses the relation between the value of the government bond and extreme "odious debt" events. In order to identify if such a premium exists, I focus on a Cuban case study. Based on an original database of Cuban bonds, the paper reveals the existence of a risk premium of at least 200 basis points which penalises bonds issued by dictatorial regimes. The bond market "odious" shocks are provided by a Structural VAR analysis. In a second case study, my research analyses the Tsarist bonds of 1906 and the premium to hold despotic regime debt. The paper shows that the market required a premium despite the attempts made by the Russian government to present the loan as clean.

The second and third parts of my research look at the effects of state succession on the sovereign bonds market. They analyze respectively the two subsets of state succession: state unification and "country break-up". The second part of the dissertation provides an empirical study of sovereign debt integration and analyses the evolution of sovereign bond prices when several countries merge to become a "unified country" or when the probability of such an event exists. Based on an original database made of pre-unification and post-unification Italian bonds, the paper shows the impact of Italy's unification on the bonds. The analysis puts forward that prior to the unification in 1862, the bonds issued by the future parts of the kingdom reacted in an idiosyncratic way. Around the sovereign debt integration, the paper highlights a large risk increase for low-yield bonds. Using a break point analysis and a Dynamic Factor Model, the paper proves that until the late 1860's the financial market did not believe in Italy's Unification. The third part of my research analyzes the financial impact on state bonds of a country which faces a risk to break up. This paper provides an empirical analysis of the evolution of sovereign debt prices when a state breaks up, or when it faces such an event. Based on an original database of Dutch and Belgian bonds, this research shows the impact of Belgian independence in 1830 on the Belgium bonds. This article analyses two risk premiums which may affect the sovereign debt of a state: the first one is linked to the country break-up (or the probability that one may occur) and the second one is due to the instability experienced by the new country. This analysis puts forward a "country break-up" risk premium of 142 basis points. The role of the debt underwriter has also been highlighted in the case of Belgian independence. Financial markets required no "new country" risk premium for Belgian bonds which were underwritten by Rothschild, but the risk premium remained for the Belgian authorities. This was likely due to the role of Rothschild as underwriter whose reputation persuaded the market that the risk is low, but who charged a premium to the Belgian government for their services.

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Elsaid, Eahab M. K. "CEO compensation and succession : an empirical analysis /." Available to subscribers only, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1147183131&sid=10&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Ivorra, i. Castellà Núria. "Metal induced succession in benthic diatom consortia." [S.l. : Amsterdam : s.n.] ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2000. http://dare.uva.nl/document/56237.

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Diwisch, Sandra Denise, Peter Voithofer, and Christoph Weiss. "The 'Shadow of Succession' in Family Firms." SFB International Tax Coordination, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2005. http://epub.wu.ac.at/468/1/document.pdf.

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The paper analyses the relationship between succession and firm performance. Using a unique panel data set on a sample of roughly 4,000 Austrian family firms we examine empirically the impact of past succession as well as future succession plans on employment growth and investment behaviour. Analysing succession plans, we do not find a 'shadow of succession' effect. No significant difference in employment growth and investment behaviour is found between firms that plan to transfer the firm in the next ten years and those who do not. In contrast, past succession exerts a significant and positive employment growth effect which becomes stronger over time. The impact of past succession on investments is also positive but not significantly different from zero. Thus, our findings provide support for the existence of a positive employment shadow after a transfer, whereas the shadow of succession hypothesis has to be rejected prior to transition. (author's abstract)
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Rands, G. A. "Recolonisation and succession on Northumberland rocky shores." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373062.

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Kimber, Richard Arthur. "Harun Al-Rashid and the Abbasid succession." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1989. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272629.

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