Family Business and Innovation

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Family businesses are thought to have developed most in Japan. Indeed, over 95% of registered companies in Japan are family businesses, and it is known that the proportion of long-lived companies is particularly high. It is also known that their profit margins are significantly higher than non-family businesses. Our mission is to explore the reasons for these characteristics of Japanese family businesses.

Registration deadline: 2026/04/24 Fri

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Registrants must note that refunds cannot be granted when cancellation notification is received later than four weeks prior to the start date.

Rating4.66

15 reviews

Topic

Business Succession
Business

Management
Position

Employee
Fee

¥80,000
Language

Japanese
Format

Virtual

Date

2026/05/23 Sat	09:20〜16:40
2026/05/24 Sun	09:20〜16:40

Place

Virtual

Registration deadline

2026/04/24 Fri

Target

Professionals / Almuni

Before joining NUCB Business School in 2021, Dr. Kenji Yokoyama held several managerial positions at Ritsumeikan APU, including Dean of the School of Management, Vice-President of APU, and a Truste...

Plan

Day1

Family Business Structure
Family Business Governance

Day2

Family Business Entrepreneurship
Family Business Stewardship

Cases

Structure of Family Businesses
Governance of Family Businesses
Idemitsu Kosan
Family Businesses and Entrepreneurial Spirit
Family Businesses and Stewardship
Honda Plus

Textbooks and reference materials

Textbook

None

Additional Readings and Resource

Justin B. Craig and Ken Moores, Leading Family Business - Best Practices for Long-Term Stewardship

Review

I participated in this seminar because I had never been involved in a family business before and wanted to learn about it. It was also very good to be able to discuss the concept of governance, which is likely to occur outside of family businesses, and other derivative discussions.

Office Worker 30s Male
The content was relatively close to my own work as a family business, so it will be useful for me to think about answers to various issues that I face today.

Office Worker 40s Male
I was able to gain knowledge about family businesses. I was able to learn about the know-how of business succession. I felt that the knowledge in this class was very effective because I felt that some companies in the world are being succeeded without this knowledge.

Office Worker 50s Female

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