New York — Only 23 percent of family businesses have a robust succession plan in place, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, with 46 percent of the family businesses polled saying they are reluctant to pass the business to the next generation. In PwC's survey, the reluctance of many family business founders to pass the company to their children shouldn't be surprising, given how dysfunctional many families can be.
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