试析养子制度对日本家族企业的影响

An Analysis on Japanese Foster System and Its Influence on Family Firm

日本的养子制度以家的延续和繁荣为基本目的,具有很强的功利性和现实性。这和中国的"传宗接代"、"异姓不养"的养子制度有着明显的区别。也正是这种区别导致中日两国的家族企业在管理和发展上表现出许多不同的特征。研讨日本养子制度对家族企业的影响,可以为中国的家族企业提供有益的提示。

The Japanese foster system is to keep the family＇s continuation and prosperity, which is characterized by strong utilitarian and realistic feattlres. This system is different from its Chinese counterpart in two aspects： ＂continuing the family＂ and ＂not raising a child of a different surname＂ . It is these differences that result in diverse features in the management and development of family firm. The study of Japanese foster system can provide Chinese family firm with many instructive suggestions.