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The Family Business. In Governance for Sustainability.
Neubauer, Fred; Lank, Alden G.
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Description for The Family Business. In Governance for Sustainability.
Hardback. This text considers: how to define a family-controlled business and the significance of this form of privately-held enterprise; how a board of outsiders can add value to a family business; and how to handle intra-business tensions; how to gain control at the highest level. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602.
The family business has a far reaching influence on economies throughout the world. No other type of business has driven economic development in the same way and today, in almost all countries, family businesses including such giants as Ford, Levi Strauss, L'Oréal and Ferrero are the source of more than half of the Gross National Product (GNP) and employment. As a result of their prominence the question of how they are governed, controlled and accounted for is crucial not only for the owning families, but also for the societies in which these companies operate. The Family ... Read more
The family business has a far reaching influence on economies throughout the world. No other type of business has driven economic development in the same way and today, in almost all countries, family businesses including such giants as Ford, Levi Strauss, L'Oréal and Ferrero are the source of more than half of the Gross National Product (GNP) and employment. As a result of their prominence the question of how they are governed, controlled and accounted for is crucial not only for the owning families, but also for the societies in which these companies operate. The Family ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333692998
SKU
V9780333692998
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Ref
99-15
About Neubauer, Fred; Lank, Alden G.
FRED NEUBAUER is Professor of Multinational Corporate Strategy and Planning at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland. As well as having taught in the area of management all over the world, he has been a consultant to multinational corporations, many of them leading family-controlled enterprises. His main area of research is corporate governance and corporate boards ... Read more
Reviews for The Family Business. In Governance for Sustainability.
'Now, with this book, families in business can better understand the rich power of effective governance. They can also learn how to make it work for them.' - John L. Ward, Ralph Marotta Professor of Private Enterprise, Loyola University, Chicago 'Essential reading.' - Gulf Business