Managing for the long run : lessons in competitive advantage from great family businesses /
By: Miller, Danny
Title By: Le Breton-Miller, Isabelle
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BookPublisher: Boston : Harvard Business School Press, c2005.Description: x, 310 p. : ill ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1591394155Subject(s): Family-owned business enterprises -- Management | Success in business | Family-owned business enterprises -- Management | Success in businessDDC classification: 658/.04 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Argues that large companies such as Wal-Mart, Fidelity, Cargill, and Michelin have succeeded because they are all family owned, explaining that the same attributes that have been viewed as weaknesses of family businesses are actually the cornerstones of their success.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 658.04 MI MA (Browse shelf) | Available | T0036873 |
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| 658.0352 RA MA Managerial decision modeling / | 658.04 KE FA Family business : | 658.04 LE WE Wealth doesn't last 3 generations : | 658.04 MI MA Managing for the long run : | 658.0412 BA ST Starting a business from home : | 658.042 EI WO Working together : why great partnerships succeed / | 658.042 JO GL Global business strategy / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : in search of long term winners -- What distinguishes great family businesses? -- Potent priorities at the great family controlled-businesses -- Brand builders -- Craftsmen -- Operators -- Innovators -- Deal makers -- When family-controlled businesses stumble -- Managing for the long run.
Argues that large companies such as Wal-Mart, Fidelity, Cargill, and Michelin have succeeded because they are all family owned, explaining that the same attributes that have been viewed as weaknesses of family businesses are actually the cornerstones of their success.
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