Family enterprise : understanding families in business and families of wealth / The Family Firm Institute.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Family Firm Institute.

Series:

Wiley Finance

Wiley finance series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family-owned business enterprises.

Business enterprises--United States.

Business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A thorough explanation of how family enterprises work The family enterprise, whether an operating business, a family office, or both, is the backbone of the US and international economies. These enterprises cut across industries and geographies and can be first-generation entrepreneurial companies or multi-generational businesses with family offices. This book offers a foundation in and understanding of how family enterprises work, including working definitions and the key characteristics of family enterprises, as well as useful concepts for working with and in family enterprises, eit

Contents:

Family Enterprise; Contents; Acknowledgments; Family Enterprise: Understanding Families in Business and Families of Wealth; Chapter 1 Defining Family Enterprise; Definition 1; Definition 2; Definition 3; Definition 4; Definition 5; From Longevity of Firms to Transgenerational Entrepreneurship of Families: Introducing Family Entrepreneurial Orientation; Assessment Test 1; Chapter 2 Classic Systems of a Family Enterprise; The Family System; The Ownership System; The Enterprise System; Assessment Test 2; Chapter 3 Representative Governance Systems in Family Enterprises; Enterprise Governance

Family Governance: Family CouncilOwner Governance: Ownership Forum; Assessment Test 3; Chapter 4 Key Characteristics of Family Enterprises; Characteristics; Challenges; Comparison of Family Systems and Enterprise Systems; Assessment Test 4; Chapter 5 Concepts in Family Enterprise Study; Systems Thinking: A Very Brief History; Systems Thinking: The Individual in the System; Systems Theory; Relevant Systems Concepts: Triangles, Scapegoat(ing), Homeostasis, Boundaries; Triangl(ing); Scapegoat(ing); Homeostasis; Boundaries; Content and Process

Using the Process/Content Framework: Guidelines for the Content ExpertAssessment Test 5; Chapter 6 Theoretical Frameworks in Family Enterprises; The Three-Circle Model; The Individuals Within the Systems; External Stakeholders (Customers, Advisors, Suppliers); The Developmental Model; The Balance Point Model; Assessment Test 6; Chapter 7 Core Professions Working With Family Enterprises; Differing Perceptual Filters; Understand the Differences Among the Core Professions; Assessment Test 7; Chapter 8 Multidisciplinary Professional Teams; Types of Teams; Challenges Teams Face

The Effects of Goal Orientation and Client Feedback on the Adaptive Behaviors of Family Enterprise AdvisorsAssessment Test 8; Chapter 9 Applying What You Have Learned; Case 1; Case 2; Case 3; Glossary; Suggested Readings from Family Business Review: Journal of the Family Firm Institute; About the Website; About The Family Firm Institute, Inc.; About the Authors; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118730911

1118730917

9781118731291

1118731298

9781118730980

1118730984

OCLC:

863672866