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Perpetuating the Family Business

50 Lessons Learned From Long Lasting, Successful Families in Business

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  1. John L. Ward
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Part of the book series: A Family Business Publication (AFBP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Frameworks for Family Businesses that Last

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Ultimate Management Challenge

      • John L. Ward
      Pages 3-9

    3. The Five Insights and The Four P’s

      • John L. Ward
      Pages 10-30

    4. A Vision for the Future

      • John L. Ward
      Pages 31-39

  3. The Lessons

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-42
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    2. Stage I: The Owner-Managed Business

      • John L. Ward
      Pages 43-65

    3. Stage II: The Sibling Partnership

      • John L. Ward
      Pages 66-101

    4. Stage III: The Cousin Collaboration

      • John L. Ward
      Pages 102-143

    5. Taking the Longest View

      • John L. Ward
      Pages 144-155

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 156-178
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About this book

John L. Ward is a leading world expert on the family business. In this book he brings together a vast amount of experience to show the, 'best practices' of the most successful and long-lasting families in business. He provides a framework of five insights and four principles in which to position his 50 lessons for family businesses. This is the most comprehensive book on sustaining the family business and contains international examples and cases and essential tools and checklists of best practice.

About the author

JOHN L. WARD is Wild Group Professor of Family Business, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland, Director of the Kellogg School Centre of Family Enterprises, Northwestern University, USA and founder of the Family Business Consulting Group International. He is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on family business governance.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Perpetuating the Family Business

  • Book Subtitle: 50 Lessons Learned From Long Lasting, Successful Families in Business

  • Authors: John L. Ward

  • Series Title: A Family Business Publication

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230505995

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-3397-3Published: 13 February 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51698-8Published: 01 January 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50599-5Published: 12 January 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2947-3985

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-3993

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 178

  • Topics: Management, Organization, Family Business

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