Family Firms Case Studies on the Management of Growth, Decline, and Transition
This is the third in a series of casebooks on issues faced by families owning and managing a business. This volume focuses on the management of growth, decline, and transition in such firms. These cases are clustered together because family firms grow, decline, and grow again, often transforming the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Business
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Reading a Family Business Case
- Case One: Bacardi Limited – A growing family’s firm in a consolidating industry
- Case Two: Thai-Rolls Restaurants – Growth and Delegating Control to Non-Family Management
- Case Three: Seattle Homes and the Waterman Family – Transitions in the family firm
- Case Four: Sol News vs. the Internet – At the crossroads of entering the family firm or starting a new venture
- Case Five: Sarmak and Sarteks – Transition in the family firm, to stay or not stay
- Case Six: California Steel & Supply – Transition in key employees
- Case Seven: Risk Strategies Management, Inc. – A family managed technology firm goes public
- Case Eight: White’s Gourmet Foods, Inc. – Building a multi-billion dollar private family firm
- About the Authors.