The Family Business Book: A roadmap for entrepreneurial families to prosper across generations - Softcover

De Massis, Alfredo; Rondi, Emanuela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1292725605 ISBN 13: 9781292725604

Publisher: Pearson, 2024

Synopsis

A comprehensive guide for family businesses to build a strategy to prosper now and thrive across generations into the future. 

About this title

About the Author

Alfredo De Massis is a Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Business who serves as adviser to family enterprises and policy maker, affiliated with IMD Business School (Switzerland) – where he holds the Wild Chair in Family Business, the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) – where he leads the Research Cluster in Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management and serves as the Founding Director of the Centre for Family Business Management, and Lancaster University Management School (UK). He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Zhejiang University's Institute of Family Business and Institute for Entrepreneurs, in China. As one of the leading family business academics globally, Alfredo has been included in Family Capital's list of Top 100 Family Business Influencers in February 2022, for the strong influence of his thought leadership on the global shaping of the family business field.  

Emanuela Rondi is Assistant Professor at the University of Bergamo (Italy), she has been working on family business research for more than 10 years. PhD from Lancaster University Management School (UK), with a thesis on the role of family relationships for family firm innovation. Since 2017 she is member of the Centre for Family Business Management of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy).  

 

From the Back Cover

Families are the most prevalent type of business owners in any global economy. But succeeding across generations is tricky, and only a few continue to prosper across generations.

The Family Business Book is your comprehensive guide to building a strategy for your entrepreneurial family to prosper now and thrive across generations into the future. With a practical roadmap, you’ll discover how to understand the subtle nuances, complexities and key challenges of the journey undertaken by entrepreneurial families across generations, how to disentangle complicated family dynamics, and how to build a strategic plan to ensure long-term success and a lasting legacy for future generations.

Full of practical templates, worksheets, reflection questions and actionable strategies, you will be guided in the development of a roadmap that allows your family to prosper across generations and in taking action to implement the roadmap. 

“Expert advice on how to maintain family unity and financial prosperity across generations.” Prof. Kimberly A. Eddleston, Editor-in-Chief of FamilyBusiness.org, Senior Editor of EIX, Schulze Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, and Academic Scholar, Cornell University, US

 

“This book is essential for families looking to manage their wealth and business with wisdom and foresight.” Prof. Nadine Kammerlander, Chair of Family Business and Director of the Institute of Family Business and Mittelstand, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1292725605
• ISBN 13: 9781292725604
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264