Perpetuating the Family Business: 50 Lessons Learned From Long Lasting, Successful Families in Business

by J. Ward

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349516988
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Series:	A Family Business Publication
Edition description:	1st ed. 2004
Pages:	178
Sales rank:	532,614
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

JOHN L. WARD is Wild Group Professor of Family Business, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland, Director of the Kellogg School Centre of Family Enterprises, Northwestern University, USA and founder of the Family Business Consulting Group International. He is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on family business governance.

Table of Contents

PART I: FRAMEWORKS FOR FAMILY BUSINESSES THAT LAST The Ultimate Management Challenge The Five Insights and the Four P's A Vision of the Future PART II: THE LESSONS Stage I: The Owner/Managed Business Stage II: The Sibling Partnership Stage III: The Cousin Collaboration Taking the Longest View Appendicies