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

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2014]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.6
• Soggetto topico: Family-owned business enterprises; Business enterprises - United States
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Family enterprise
• ISBN: 1-118-73091-7; 1-118-73129-8; 1-118-73098-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910139014403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley Finance