Family Business Models Practical Solutions for the Family Business [Hardcover]

An exceptional new work on family business, showing how to maintain a balanced relationship between the family and the company, and?ensure satisfactory business results. This roadmap helps the reader to?build better managed and more stable family firms.Foreword by Ivan Lansberg Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 - History of Family Business Management Chapter 2 - Family Business Management Formula Structural Management of the Family Business Family Complexity Business Complexity Effects of complexity on the family business Structure Chapter 3 - Family Business Models Captain Model Emperor Model Family Team Model Professional Family Model Corporation Model Family Investment Group (FIG) Model Comparative analysis of the models Mindset and structure: how thoughts influence deeds Chapter 4 - Family Business Management Management in the Captain Model Management in the Emperor Model Management in the Family Team Model Management in the Professional Family Model (PFM) Management in the Corporation Model Management in the Family Investment Group Model Mixed models Family business management triangle Conclusions Appendix - Details of Structure

'This book makes an innovative contribution to our knowledge of family business. It is the fruit of several decades of research and teaching, through family business models or 'archetypes'. I am confident that, like all good theories, it is going to be extremely practical and useful for family businesses that, today and in the future, face the exciting challenge of family business management.' Carlos Losada, Director General, ESADE Business School

'This book represents an important and novel contribution to knowledge on family business. Working on the basis of painstaking research, the authors have succeeded in obtaining relevant and practical conclusions regarding the various family business models and the right management procedures to apply to each of them. The resulting book has great credibility and lƒ1