本研究的重點放在家族企業完全繼承前的步驟：部份繼承階段。本階段在過去少數的學術文章中名稱叫『夥伴階段』。在這個繼承步驟裡，家族企業中的前任者（同時是父親或母親）及繼承人兩者在公司中都有管理及營運的權力。在亞洲國家中非常普遍，但意外的是，家族企業研究領域的相關文獻很少提到。本研究的目標是希望知道部份繼承階段是否重要，且如果重要，細節的影響力有哪些。研究方法使用的是質化個案研究法，採探索性研究的邏輯，在極少假設前提下，藉由訪談找出部份繼承階段在進行的重要改革與創新。研究發現此階段能提昇組織雙元性，性別平等，與老臣建立長期的良好關係，且可以把公司推向國際化。本階段對家族企業非常重要。最後的章節有提供結論、實務意含、理論貢獻、研究限制與未來研究的推薦方向。

This study focuses on the stage before full family business succession: The partial succession stage, or the partnership stage as named in past literatures. In this stage, both predecessor and successor have managerial and operational power within the company. This is common among Asian family businesses, but surprisingly, this topic is seldom discussed. The goal was to see if this stage of succession was important to the business, and if so, how in detail. Single case study method was implemented. Findings included the enhancement of organizational ambidexterity with three detailed innovations, gender equity, better relationships with stewards, and pushing the company to globalization. In the last chapter, conclusions, practical and theoretical implications, limitations and future research suggestions were made.

Chapter 1: Introduction 1
1.1 Source of Inspiration and background 1
1.2 Academic research gaps 3
1.2.1 Partial succession analysis and detailed operations 4
1.2.2 Lack of combined disciplines from theories in and out of family business research 4
1.3 Research purpose 5
1.4 Contributions 5
1.4.1 Practical contributions 5
1.4.2 Academic and theoretical contributions 6
1.5 Structure of the paper and the research process 6
Chapter 2: Literature Review 9
2.1 Family business succession 9
2.2 The steps of family business succession 10
2.3 Introducing partial succession 12
Chapter 3: Research Method 13
3.1 Problems concerning research methods used in family business research 13
3.2 The importance of single cases and accessibility of data in family business research 14
3.3 The use of single case study method 15
3.4 Why this case was chosen 16
3.5 Data source 18
Chapter 4: Findings 24
4.1 Organizational ambidexterity in family businesses 28
4.1.1 Literature concerning innovation in family businesses 32
4.2 Gender differences and steward conflicts 37
4.3 Globalization - Pushed in the partial succession process 41
Chapter 5: Conclusions, Implications, Limitations and Future Research 43
5.1 Conclusion 43
5.2 Theoretical Implication 46
5.3 Practical Implication 47
5.4 Limitations and Future Research 49
Reference 51
Interview Questions 56
Manuscript 57

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