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Tradition and adaptation in Chinese family enterprises: Facing the challenge of continuity
There are three specific critical challenges that Chinese family enterprises will have to meet and resolve.
Engagement
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Demographics and Family Governance: The Vanishing Middle
Many family businesses have a problem with recruitment into governance roles, and the family labor pool is a critical issue.
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The dilemma of the mature family council
Over the past three decades, many business families have formed a Council. The oldest Councils have started asking “What do we do now?”
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Every family gets the In-laws they deserve
Owners are quick to blame in-laws for tensions, ignoring their own contribution to the problems.
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Feuding Twins
A tragic breach between a pair of once-close twins shakes the foundations of a family-controlled public company.
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Using the business to reconnect with family
Entrepreneurs in middle age may embark on misguided efforts to repair the emotional damage from the past.
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How to keep the campbell kids happy
Bennett Dorrance, “leader-by-default” of the Dorrance clan, asks whether family shareholders can hang together if Campbell Soup’s strong earnings hit the skids in the ’90s.
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A Hooky–Playing Son’s Field of Dreams
Build a better sweet spot and they will come….That’s what Bud Hillerich did and the great hitters all came to Louisville.
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The power of the chief emotional officer
A mother’s voice becomes increasingly important to succession planning as her husband’s powers decline.
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What’s in April’s best interest
Ben and Lillian Jacobs continued to work together in their print shop business even after their divorce.
