Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 087584555X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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The authors use the model to explore the various stages in the family business life span and extract generalizable lessons about how family businesses should be organized.. Focusing on the inevitable maturing of families and their firms over time, the authors reveal the dynamics and challenges family businesses face as they move through their life cycles. Generation to Generation presents one of the first comprehensive overviews of family business as a specific organizational form. The book asks questions, such as: what is the difference between an entrepreneurial start-up and a family business, and how does one become the
"A Holistic Model of our most basic economic unit" according to Barry Bainton. Book Review: Generation to GenerationGeneration to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business is, in my opinion, a major contribution to the study and understanding of the complex nature of this most basic of human occupations - the family business.As a business anthropologist, I found the life-cycle model applied to the study of the family. Hubert Shea said The most AUTHORITATIVE work on family firms. This book is the most authoritative work on family firms.Part I of the book applies the three-circle model to the characterization of different predictable development stages of family firms in different dimensions. For instance, the family dimension consists of four development stages including young business family, entering the business, wor. Unique Book M. Nzia Batonga Great book if you are looking for some theoretical work on family businesses. It addresses the family aspect (how the evolution of the business impacts the family and vice-versa), the business aspect (start up stage, maturity stage, etc.)and the ownership (one owner, several generations working together, extended family involvement). Most impor
This study takes a more analytical look at what makes family firms different from other corporations; it grew out of the authors' collaboration at the Owner Managed Business Institute, where they worked on an ongoing project for Caterpillar, Inc., that began more than a dozen years ago. Now a multinational conglomerate, Caterpillar began as a family firm, and many of its products are distributed through family-operated dealerships. They also identified four classic family-business types and here address the management issues