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Unconventional wisdom : counterintuitive insights for family business success
- Title
- Unconventional wisdom : counterintuitive insights for family business success / edited by John L. Ward ; contributors, Daniel Denison [and others].
- Publication
- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
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- Description
- xxviii, 246 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- "Family business requires a different governance system, but one that can nonetheless be controlled. Building on insights from the world's premier family business executive education course, this book offers the Unconventional Wisdom needed to leverage the strategic and cultural uniqueness of a family business for enduring success."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Family-owned business enterprises > Management
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The growth dilemma in family-owned firms / Peter Lorange -- Ch. 2. Unconventional strategy : why family firms outperform / John L. Ward -- Ch. 3. Strategic planning - it starts with the family / John L. Ward -- Ch. 4. How family business culture is different / Colleen Lief and Daniel Denison -- Ch. 5. Understanding the successor's challenges / Joachim Schwass -- Ch. 6. An effective successor development strategy / Joachim Schwass -- Ch. 7. Resolving conflict in family businesses : don't be a hostage to family harmony / George Kohlrieser -- Ch. 8. Effective family communications : it's not what's said that's important, but what's heard / Jean L. Kahwajy -- Ch. 9. The family constitution : it's the process that counts, not the content / John L. Ward -- Ch. 10. Good news for family firms : you don't have to worry about the new rules in corporate governance : but ... / Ulrich Steger -- Ch. 11. The value of hands-on ownership / John L. Ward -- Ch. 12. Counterintuitive insights / Colleen Lief and John L. Ward.
- ISBN
- 0470021659 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005011806
- 9780470021651
- OCLC
- ocm60360315
- SCSB-5208668
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries