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The ghost-father: being the daughter in a Japanese family-business succession
[Un fantôme en héritage : être la fille dans une succession d’entreprise familiale japonaise]

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  • Yoshiko Zoet-Suzuki

    (Keio Business School, LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - Université Paris-Saclay - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris])

  • Elvin Zoet

    (USG - Utrecht University School of Governance)

  • Jean-Luc Moriceau

    (IMT-BS - DEFI - Département Data analytics, Économie et Finances - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - Université Paris-Saclay - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris])

Abstract

As daughter in a family business succession, you inherit not only the business, but also the ghostly presence of the founder. The ghost does not impose a track to follow, nor does it constitute a strategic resource. It manifests itself as a feeling of ethical duty, commitment, and indebtedness. Four autoethnographic vignettes evoke a Japanese daughter successor finding her path while relating to her father's ghostly presence. The ghost begs being attended to and respected, leading to a long journey of working through.

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  • Yoshiko Zoet-Suzuki & Elvin Zoet & Jean-Luc Moriceau, 2026. "The ghost-father: being the daughter in a Japanese family-business succession [Un fantôme en héritage : être la fille dans une succession d’entreprise familiale japonaise]," Post-Print hal-05774777, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05774777
    DOI: 10.3917/entin.069.0075
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