THE BIRTHRIGHT CRITERION IN
GALICIAN FAMILY BUSINESS

Susana Barbeito Roibal / Eduardo Guillén Solórzano /
Manuel Martínez Carballo / Gerardo Domínguez Feijoo

Departamento de Análise Económica e Administración de Empresas
Escola Politécnica Superior de Ferrol
Universidade da Coruña

Received: 25 january 2005
Aceppted: 25 may 2005

Abstract: The main aim of this paper is make an exposition of some basic characteristics of family business, in particular case for our Autonomous Galician Community in depth talking about the birthright criterion like the traditional choice access to CEO’s position in the family business and the existence of clearly-defined succession plans. The initial point in this paper is based on a Galician family business sample, obtained from the ARDAN database that we send an inquiry figure which shows a few aspects of succession process.
Keywords: Family business / Successor / Birthright criterion.