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Unconventional Wisdom: Counterintuitive Insights for Family Business Success
Ward
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Description for Unconventional Wisdom: Counterintuitive Insights for Family Business Success
Paperback. Family businesses prosper by pursuing unconventional strategies. Because they are values-driven and think very long-term, they take approaches not popular with current management fashion or most companies. That is the key to their competitive advantage. Editor(s): Ward, John. Series: IMD Executive Development Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
Family businesses prosper by pursuing unconventional strategies. Because they are values-driven and think very long-term, they take approaches not popular with current management fashion or most companies. That is the key to their competitive advantage. However, family businesses must find ways to simultaneously serve business needs and family goals, which require very different priorities and principles. As a result, they must think paradoxically, and find insights that single-purpose enterprises need not contemplate. They must dare to be different. Family business requires a different governance system, but it must nevertheless be one that can be controlled. Building on insights from the ... Read more
Family businesses prosper by pursuing unconventional strategies. Because they are values-driven and think very long-term, they take approaches not popular with current management fashion or most companies. That is the key to their competitive advantage. However, family businesses must find ways to simultaneously serve business needs and family goals, which require very different priorities and principles. As a result, they must think paradoxically, and find insights that single-purpose enterprises need not contemplate. They must dare to be different. Family business requires a different governance system, but it must nevertheless be one that can be controlled. Building on insights from the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Series
IMD Executive Development Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470021651
SKU
V9780470021651
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About Ward
John Ward is The Wild Group Professor of Family Business at IMD, and also a professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management (USA). He is director of IMD's renowned 'Leading the Family Business' program, in which he has taught since its inception in 1987. Ulrich Steger holds the Alcan Chair of Environmental Management at IMD, is Director of ... Read more
Reviews for Unconventional Wisdom: Counterintuitive Insights for Family Business Success
"...this book gets straight to the heart of the matter...a tough-talking, no-nonsense guide to running a family business..." (Management Today, Oct 05) "...the theory is well balanced, with plenty of practical advice. One to keep on the desk or kitchen table." (Management Today, 11th October 2005) "...a fresh look at family businesses..." (Business Adviser, Winter 2005)