Financing Transitions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Balancing Liquidity, Growth, and Control

   • François M. de Visscher, Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 1-13

3. Managing Patient Capital and Shareholder Liquidity

   • François M. de Visscher, Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 15-28

4. Managing the Cost of Patient Capital

   • François M. de Visscher, Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 29-41

5. The Role of Family Governance in Family Effect

   • François M. de Visscher, Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 43-52

6. Keeping, Selling, or Expanding the Family Business

   • François M. de Visscher, Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 53-65

7. Internal Financial Solutions

   • François M. de Visscher, Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 67-83

8. External Financial Solutions

   • François M. de Visscher, Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 85-100

9. Private Equity as a Growing Source of Capital

   • François M. de Visscher, Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 101-108

10. Summary

    • François M. de Visscher, Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

    Pages 109-110

11. Back Matter

    Pages 111-116

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This book establishes the principles and patterns necessary to laying the foundation for capital and liquidity planning. Through an in-depth examination of financial situations, it leads family businesses to making wise, well-timed choices about the future of the business and the family.

• brand
• business
• family business
• planning
• Promotion
• Shareholder
• strategy

'While each volume contains helpful 'solutions' to the issues it covers, it is the guidance on how to tackle the process of addressing the different issues and the emphasis on the benefits which can stem from the process itself which make the Family Business Leadership Series of unique value to everyone involved in a family business - not just the owners.' - David Grant, Director (retired), William Grant & Sons Ltd. (Distillers of fine Scotch)

'These books deserve a place in every business-owning family's library' - Léon Danco, Cleveland, OH

'I think the Family Business Leadership Series books are excellent. They are extremely concise and practical, and they have the information you need.' - Gigi Cohen, EVP, Magid Glove & Safety Mfg. Co., LLC, Chicago, IL

FRANÇOIS M. de VISSCHER President of de Visscher & Co., Founder of Family Capital Growth Partners, co-founder of the Business Growth Alliance and a director and shareholder of his own family's global enterprise, N.V. Bekaert S.A.

CRAIG E. ARONOFF Co-founder, Principal, and Chairman of the Board of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., the founder of the Cox Family Enterprise Center and current Professor Emeritus at Kennesaw State University, USA. He invented and implemented the membership-based, professional-service-provider sponsored Family Business Forum, which has served as a model of family business education for universities world-wide.

JOHN L. WARD Co-founder of the Family Business Consulting Group Inc. He is Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, USA, and teaches strategic management, business leadership and family enterprise continuity. 

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