Learning Family Business: Paradoxes and Pathways: Paradoxes and Pathways

The book explores the paradoxes of managing a family firm across different stages, linking them to the business life cycle. It offers pathways for managing these paradoxes and integrates academic research with popular management themes and real-world cases, highlighting the international nature of family business issues.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 January 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This title, originally published in 2003, delves into the intricate paradoxes encountered at each stage of managing a family firm, connecting them to the business life cycle. The learning stages include acquiring knowledge about the business, understanding our business, leading our business, and eventually letting go of our business. These paradoxes involve balancing stability and adaptation, leading versus managing, and the unique challenges succession presents for family firms. Possible strategies for navigating each paradox are explored. The text seamlessly integrates academic research with popular management themes and real-world case studies, emphasizing the global nature of family business issues through citations from various countries. Additionally, stories and case studies from family business owners provide valuable insights into these challenges.

ISBN-13: 9781138722446