The Endurance Of Family Businesses

Author : Paloma Fernandez Perez,Andrea Colli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107292604

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The Endurance of Family Businesses by Paloma Fernandez Perez,Andrea Colli Pdf

The Endurance of Family Businesses is a collection of essays offering an overview of the importance and resilience of family-controlled large businesses. Much of economic and business history research neglects family businesses, considering them an inefficient form of business organization. These essays discuss the strengths of family businesses: the ways family firms have managed, financed and governed their corporations, as well as the way in which they structure their relationship with the external environment, from the government to the company's stakeholders. Family businesses have learned new ways of organizing their resources and using their accumulated know-how for new markets and institutional environments. This volume combines the expertise of well-known scholars who specialize in business history, economic history, management and consulting, to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on family businesses. Contributors provide a global view by taking into account Asian, American and European experiences.

Author : Paloma Fernandez Perez,Andrea Colli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Family-owned business enterprises
ISBN : 1107289270

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The Endurance of Family Businesses by Paloma Fernandez Perez,Andrea Colli Pdf

The Endurance of Family Businesses is a collection of essays offering an overview of the importance and resilience of family-controlled large businesses. Much of economic and business history research neglects family businesses, considering them an inefficient form of business organization. These essays discuss the strengths of family businesses: the ways family firms have managed, financed and governed their corporations, as well as the way in which they structure their relationship with the external environment, from the government to the company's stakeholders. Family businesses have learned new ways of organizing their resources and using their accumulated know-how for new markets and institutional environments. This volume combines the expertise of well-known scholars who specialize in business history, economic history, management and consulting, to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on family businesses. Contributors provide a global view by taking into account Asian, American and European experiences.

Author : Paloma Fernández Pérez,Andrea Colli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107037755

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The Endurance of Family Businesses by Paloma Fernández Pérez,Andrea Colli Pdf

A collection of essays offering an overview of the importance and resilience of family-controlled large businesses.

Author : Keanon Alderson
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Family-owned business enterprises
ISBN : 9781606491690

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Understanding the Family Business by Keanon Alderson Pdf

The purpose of this book is to provide readers with an introductory overview of family business, the most prevalent form of business in the world. The differences between family and nonfamily businesses are emphasized in this book. There are several key audiences: As a supplemental text for university undergraduate or graduate level courses such as small business management, introduction to business, entrepreneurship, or family studies. Members of family businesses will benefit from the book as an introduction to the unique nature of family businesses. Professional advisors to family firms such as accountants, attorneys, bankers, insurance providers, and financial services professionals may develop a better understanding of their clients. Suppliers to family businesses will gain insight to this important business customer. Much of the literature on family business is from the United States; an attempt has been made to present relevant international information, as well. Chapter one defines a family business and provides an overview of family business. Chapter two explores the many differences between a family owned business and a nonfamily owned business. Chapter three explores the major family business theories. Chapter four discusses how family firms make business decisions. Chapter five explores the significant issues prevalent in a family firm. Chapter six explores the most problematic issue in family firms: succession or the transfer of ownership to the next generation. Chapter seven explores the many differences among the generations of a family firm. Chapter eight presents information on family business strategic planning. Chapter nine focuses on effective family business governance and use of advisors and boards. Chapter ten explores key success tips for long lasting family firms. Chapter eleven discusses trends in family business. Chapter twelve contains key points for family business professionals and suppliers who target or service family firms. Chapter thirteen presents areas for future research to advance the study of family business.

Author : Craig E Aronoff
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230578234

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Perpetuating the Family Business by Craig E Aronoff Pdf

John L. Ward, a leading world expert on family business, offers the best practices of the most successful and long-lasting families in business, including Ford Motors, Marriott Hotels, Levi-Strauss, and the New York Times. He provides a framework of five insights and four principles in which to position his fifty "lessons learned" for family business longevity. This is a comprehensive book on sustaining family businesses that contains international examples, cases, essential tools, and checklists of best practices; a how-to every entrepreneur should have.

Author : Amelia Renkert-Thomas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119171133

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Engaged Ownership by Amelia Renkert-Thomas Pdf

Successful ownership transition requires effective decision making at the top Engaged Ownership is the definitive owner's guide to the family enterprise. Whether you're taking over a family business, family office, or trust, this book shows you how to work effectively with the management and board to keep the enterprise moving in the right direction. The first guide of its kind written from the owner's perspective, this book is designed to help owners who are truly committed to growing all forms of capital be successful in their role. You'll learn the time-tested process that helps you 'unstick' decision-making, become engaged and effective, and manage the transfer from owner control to shared ownership while minimizing risk. Improve communication and relationships with the board, and ensure that every stakeholder understands your strategies and vision for the future. You'll allay the fears that frequently accompany ownership transfers, and inspire a sense of teamwork that leads to sustainable success generation after generation. As the Baby Boomers retire, business founders and entrepreneurs worldwide are transferring ownership of privately held enterprises to their children in record numbers. It can be a complex and difficult-to-navigate time for everyone involved. This book helps you smooth the way to a successful transition, and transcend the owner's traditionally passive role. Learn to work effectively with management and the board Get everyone on the same page in terms of vision and direction Build relationships that lead to forward-thinking decision making Succeed in the ownership role by bringing your expertise to the fore Ownership transfer often triggers a radical change in family enterprise, and if poorly managed, can turn a business in the wrong direction. Engaged Ownership shows you how to build a dynamic and effective partnership with trustees, board, and management, and become a successful steward of the family's financial, human, social, and operational capital.

Author : J. Ward
Publisher : Springer
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230505995

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Perpetuating the Family Business by J. Ward Pdf

John L. Ward is a leading world expert on the family business. In this book he brings together a vast amount of experience to show the, 'best practices' of the most successful and long-lasting families in business. He provides a framework of five insights and four principles in which to position his 50 lessons for family businesses. This is the most comprehensive book on sustaining the family business and contains international examples and cases and essential tools and checklists of best practice.

Author : Peter Leach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Industrial management
ISBN : OCLC:1105793932

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Family Businesses by Peter Leach Pdf

Family firms are to be found in every sector of commercial activity, and their special strengths mean that they flourish best where their advantages can be fully exploited. Family Businesses: The Essentials is a comprehensive guide to every aspect of managing a family-owned firm, from day-to-day issues to long-term planning for future generations. This new and completely revised version of the author's previous Guide to the Family Business (Kogan Page; last edition 1999) provides an accessible introduction to newcomers, and also offers knowledgeable business people fresh insight and solutions to the special problems they face. All family businesses are different, but it is critical for each to define its shared family values, vision and purpose. Family Businesses: The Essentials shows how to achieve this, and how to allow each generation to reinterpret and revitalise that vision. Fresh, updated and more sharply focused, packed with real-life case studies, and drawing on the author's extensive research into thousands of family businesses, this is essential guidance for every stage of a family business's development.

Author : Annika Hall
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781009086

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Family Business Dynamics by Annika Hall Pdf

'Bringing the family and its related complexity back into the discussion of how to build healthy and long-term oriented relationships in business families, Annika Hall's book is both comprehensive and profound. It's a must-read for every family member involved in a family business, whether as owner, manager, potential successor, or as a family member of a business family.' – Sabine B. Rau, WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany 'A crisp thought provoking book in which Annika Hall deftly brings to life the multiple dimensions and rationalities in family enterprises. She skilfully interprets these complexities in the fascinating story of the Indiska Magasinet AB (Indiska), a third generation Swedish retail enterprise of the Thambert family, from the pre-founding years until the beginning of the 21st century. Scholars and practitioners alike will enjoy gaining a richer perspective and deeper understanding of family enterprises.' – Pramodita Sharma, University of Vermont, US and Editor, Family Business Review This engaging book reveals how and why family relations influence the dynamics of family owned businesses. The author examines the relevance of role and identity to the strategic development and the succession process of family businesses. She explores the individual and organisational implications of these roles and identities at different stages in the family and business life cycles. Annika Hall highlights that family businesses have inherent dynamics, rooted in family relations, that might advantage business development assuming that the family is able to meet the inherent challenges of role transition. The book connects micro, socio-psychological aspects to more macro business outcomes, with the purpose of elaborating how and why these connections are made. Expertly integrating a detailed case study and by concluding with concrete advice, the closeness to practice is explicit and therefore strongly appealing to practitioners. By also integrating the practice with theory, the book will prove essential for academics and students of interpretive methodology and/or family business.

Author : Thomas Zellweger
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783470716

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Managing the Family Business by Thomas Zellweger Pdf

This innovative textbook covers the most important managerial challenges facing family businesses. It is research-based and includes theory and practice along with concepts, cases and reflection questions to illustrate the key topics.

Author : William T. O'Hara
Publisher : Adams Media
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1593372078

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Centuries of Success by William T. O'Hara Pdf

Centuries of Success is the first book to chronicle the colorful success stories and timeless lessons of some of the world's oldest family businesses. This one-of-a-kind work blends complete family histories with corporate philosophies and business sensibilities that are practical, adaptable, and enduring. From Japan's Hoshi Ryokan -- a hotel that dates back forty-seven generations to 718 -- to the sprawling Tuscan vineyards of Marchesi Antinori -- winemakers since 1385 -- Centuries of Success brings to life the strength and dedication that puts family-run businesses in a league of their own. William T. O'Hara, president emeritus of Bryant University, has produced a unique work that is certain to influence business philosophies and practices for many years to come and stir renewed excitement for family businesses worldwide. Book jacket.

Author : Joe Schmieder
Publisher : Springer
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137386243

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Innovation in the Family Business by Joe Schmieder Pdf

Schmieder shares a broad range of tools and pathways that family businesses across sectors use to stimulate, execute, measure, and reward innovation. The 50-plus family stories cited in this book will inspire any family enterprise to create a strategy and environment that can stimulate success for many generations to come.

Author : Craig E. Aronoff,John L. Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000020661488

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Family Business Sourcebook by Craig E. Aronoff,John L. Ward Pdf

Author : Keanon J. Alderson
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781631575747

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Understanding the Family Business, Second Edition by Keanon J. Alderson Pdf

This outstanding book provides you with a detailed look at family businesses, the most prevalent form of business in the world. Whether you are a business student, or a member of a family who owns a business, you will definitely benefit from this book, which leads with an introduction to the unique nature of family businesses. Inside, the author explores the many differences between a family-owned business and a nonfamily-owned business. He discusses the major family business theories and shows how family firms make business decisions. This book also defines the significant issues prevalent in family firms and explores the most problematic issue: the succession or the transfer of ownership to the next generation. If you are a professional advisor to family firms—such as accountants, attorneys, bankers, insurance providers, and financial services—you’ll undoubtedly develop a better understanding for your clients.

Author : Stephen L. McClure,John L. Ward,Craig E. Aronoff
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230116030

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Family Business Succession by Stephen L. McClure,John L. Ward,Craig E. Aronoff Pdf

Preparing to pass the family business on to the next generation is perhaps the roughest and most critical challenge facing business owners. Yet most businesses don't realize that succession is a lifelong process of planning and management. Leaders will learn how to create a succession plan; how to develop opportunities for succession candidates; how to build consensus with the family and leaders on succession plans; and when and how to let go of their own role in the business.