Institute for Family Businesses & Entrepreneurial Succession

We are here to assist you – from concept to implementation

The accurate valuation of an unlisted SME-company is often very challenging. The Institute for Family Business & Entrepreneurial Succession supports you on this topic to ensure a fair valuation of your company. Professor Dr. Alexander Lahmann, Professor for M&A at HHL is your competent contact for a business valuation.

We help you with the indicative valuation of your company.

The accurate valuation of an unlisted SME-company is often very challenging. The Institute for Family Business & Entrepreneurial Succession supports you on this topic to ensure a fair valuation of your company. Professor Dr. Alexander Lahmann, Professor for M&A at HHL is your competent contact for a business valuation.

We offer you a comprehensive network to ensure your succession.

One of the primary value adds of the Institute for Family Business & Entrepreneurial Succession is the creation of a comprehensive network of competent partners. The network consists of potential succession candidates, entrepreneurs and experts. These include, among others, M&A lawyers as well as private equity partners.

We support you in selecting the right partners in the succession process.

In order to make the entrepreneurial succession successful in the long term, the selection of a suitable candidate is essential. That is why thorough consultations with both parties (entrepreneur and successor) are held, in order to increase the accuracy of fit. The individual one-on-one interviews with entrepreneurs and potential successors create a database, with information on the specific requirements of each respective company Thus creating a pool of candidates on both sides, which facilitates a long-term and efficient succession search.

We assist you – from taking stock to setting up an implementation project

As a first step, we analyze the status quo of the digitalization process in your company (“pulse check”). After that, the Institute for Family Businesses & Entrepreneurial Succession assists you in defining your goals and setting up an implementation project.
We can assist you throughout the process either with our own resources or by bringing in partners from our extensive network.

We help you to implement a digitalization process that is sustainable, by training your team.

Your team needs the necessary skills set to implement a digitalization process that is proactive, flexible and sustainable. We help you to equip your employees with the right skill set and train them for a successful digital future. You decide if you need training in basic skills, e.g. agile working methods, or more advanced knowledge, e.g. disruptive technologies and business models.

We create conversations – via exchanges with experts and by sharing research results

We continue our research in the field of digitalization of SMEs and explain the latest developments and their relevance for the “Mittelstand”.
We offer a platform for exchange with business experts and research specialists to show you, how the process of digitalization can be implemented successfully – from the first, basic steps to advanced topics, like the digital disruption of business models.
Make use of our network and let us help you and your company, with solid advice.