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Successful Family Business A Proactive Plan for Managing the Family and the Business

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ISBN-10: 0275988872

ISBN-13: 9780275988876

Edition: 2006

Authors: Edward D. Hess

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Over 80% of the businesses in the United States are family-owned and managed. From the corner deli or barbershop to global empires in brewing, media, and cleaning products, family businesses employ over half of the country's workforce, and are the dominant business model in many countries around the world. Family businesses embody the entrepreneurial spirit that drives innovation and economic growth and that represents the hopes and dreams of millions for independence, self-sufficiency, and wealth. And yet the track record for entrepreneurial businesses is poor: over three-quarters will fail during the first five years and only 10% will survive a decade. Family business statistics show that…    
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Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 11/30/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Dynamic and different perspectives
A proactive family business management process
A family values statement
A family code of conduct
Annual family meetings
Employing, compensating, and managing family employees
Corporate perks, benefits, and dividends
Sibling and cousin rivalries
Stock ownership and liquidity
Board of directors
Succession
Case study : the beach company
Choosing a non-family successor CEO
Case study : Edens & Avant
Sale of the business
Going public or recapitalizing your family business
Family business operating rules