Preparing Your Family Business for Strategic Change

Preparing Your Family Business for Strategic Change

Author: C. Aronoff

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-05-24

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 0230116191

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Strategies for family firms, unlike those of other businesses, can and should incorporate family factors. Responsible and disciplined strategic integration of family and business goals, strengths and values produces powerful results.


When Family Businesses are Best

When Family Businesses are Best

Author: R. Carlock

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-10-14

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0230294510

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The authors explore how effective planning and communication helps business families around the world address growth challenges as they strive to become high performing multi-generation family enterprises. This book shows family businesses working together at their best.


Make Change Your Family Business Tradition

Make Change Your Family Business Tradition

Author: C. Aronoff

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 91

ISBN-13: 0230116140

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Family businesses that expect to endure over a long period of time must learn to respond and adapt to a rapidly changing environment. The authors provide a new appreciation for the importance of change and the tools necessary to incorporate change as a company tradition.


The Family Constitution

The Family Constitution

Author: Daniela Montemerlo

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2011-01-04

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 0230116213

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The family agreement is becoming a prime objective to a successful family business. Designed for families planning to draft such an agreement, families deciding whether or not to begin the process, and those that have already established a family agreement, this book illustrates the fundamental components and their importance to the success of the family business. A family agreement or constitution is the expression of purpose for the continuity of the business and the process of creating one is just as important.


Strategic Planning for the Family Business

Strategic Planning for the Family Business

Author: Randel S. Carlock

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2001-04-21

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 0230578284

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From small start-ups to giant multinationals, from the Mom-and-Pop owned barber shop to Ford, family owned businesses continue to dominate the world economy. Regardless of size, running a successful family firm presents unique challenges, and many fail to survive the transition to the next generation. Here is a practical, comprehensive guide to ensuring success through effective strategic planning. The authors provide a wealth of tested, easy-to-follow tools and techniques for mastering strategic planning for family-owned firms. Filled with real world examples, case studies, checklists, and planning worksheets, the book shows how to deal with a host of emerging challenges--from new technologies and globalizing marketings--by integrating family values and dynamics into sound planning and management.


Preparing Successors for Leadership

Preparing Successors for Leadership

Author: C. Aronoff

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 1137510315

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The founders of the family business must impart their vision and leadership to succeeding generations. Preparing those generations for leadership is challenging and encompasses a lifetime. Aronoff and Ward's strategy for a smooth transition prepares successors for their role in the future of the firm.


Siblings and the Family Business

Siblings and the Family Business

Author: NA NA

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 1137511885

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The family business becomes much more complex as it goes from the founder to next generations. As more family members work together several challenges become apparent and can threaten the business if not addressed. This book shows the family members how to confront the problems and how to create solutions.


Developing Family Business Policies

Developing Family Business Policies

Author: C. Aronoff

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 0230115977

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Developing policies to guide decision making can help the family business avoid serious problems. The authors provide a step-by-step process for engaging family members in developing policies which cover issues such as: dealing with conflicts of interest; retirement timing; distribution of profits; loan programs; compensation and succession.


Making Sibling Teams Work

Making Sibling Teams Work

Author: C. Aronoff

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-05-24

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 0230116159

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Through pages filled with wisdom, tips, guidelines and experiences, the authors seek to navigate brothers and sisters who work in the family business or who are active owners through the challenges and opportunities and to retain the integrity of the family while serving the business.


Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook

Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook

Author: Josh Baron

Publisher: Harvard Business Press

Published: 2021-01-26

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1633699064

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Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business—and business family. Though "family business" may sound like it refers only to mom-and-pop shops, businesses owned by families are among the most significant and numerous in the world. But surprisingly few resources exist to help navigate the unique challenges you face when you share the executive suite, financial statements, and holidays. How do you make the right decisions, critical to the long-term survival of any business, with the added challenge of having to do so within the context of a family? The HBR Family Business Handbook brings you sophisticated guidance and practical advice from family business experts Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer. Drawing on their decades-long experience working closely with a wide range of family businesses of all sizes around the world, the authors present proven methods and approaches for communicating effectively, managing conflict, building the right governance structures, and more. In the HBR Family Business Handbook you'll find: A new perspective on what makes family businesses succeed and fail A framework to help you make good decisions together Step-by-step guidance on managing change within your business family Key questions about wealth, unique to family businesses, that you can't afford to ignore Assessments to help you determine where you are—and where you want to go Stories of real companies, from Marchesi Antinori to Radio Flyer Chapter summaries you can use to reinforce what you've learned Keep this comprehensive guide with you to help you build, grow, and position your family business to thrive across generations. HBR Handbooks provide ambitious professionals with the frameworks, advice, and tools they need to excel in their careers. With step-by-step guidance, time-honed best practices, and real-life stories, each comprehensive volume helps you to stand out from the pack—whatever your role.