Grant Gordon, Nigel Nicholson

Family Wars (eBook, ePUB)

Stories and Insights from Famous Family Business Feuds

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Many of the world's most successful businesses are family owned. With this comes the threat of family bust-ups, sibling rivalry and petty jealousies.

Family Wars takes you behind the scenes on a rollercoaster ride through the ups and downs of some of the biggest family-run companies in the world, showing how family in-fighting has threatened to bring about their downfall. Whether it's the Redstone's courtroom battles or the feud over Henry Ford's reluctance to let go of the reigns, the book reveals the origins, the extent and the final resolution of some of the most famous family feuds in recent history. Names you'll recognise include: the Gallo Family; the Guinness story; the Pathak family; and the Gucci family.

An astonishing exposé of the way families do business and how arguments can threaten to blow a business apart, Family Wars also offers valuable advice on how such problems can be contained and solved.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page eBook
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780749461836
• Artikelnr.: 38221471

Autorenporträt

Grant Gordon is the Director General of the Institute for Family Business and a fifth generation member and former senior executive of a leading UK family business in the drinks sector.

Nigel Nicholson is Professor of Organizational Behaviour at London Business School and a leading writer, executive educator and broadcaster on business and management.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Family wars
2. The ideas: the roots of family warfare
Families at war; The roots of conflict; Gene politics and the family firm;
Family dynamics; Culture and personality
3. Brothers at arms
Introduction; Koch Industries - destructive redress; The Reliance story -
the myth of unity; The Dassler family - racing for supremacy; The Mondavi
family - a bitter cup; The Gallo family - vintage conflicts
4 Fighting for the crown
Introduction; The McCains - when the chips are down; IBM - the Watsons,
Senior and Junior; Bata Shoe - a struggle for strategy
5 The house that hubris built
Introduction; The Ford family - parental oppression; The Dart Group - an
excess of willpower; Château d'Yquem - the perils of condescension; The
Redstone family - the leader's iron grip; Solid Waste and the Waxman family
- greed, deception and destruction
6 Heads in the sand - the insularity trap
Introduction; The Guinness story - sliding into scandal; The Sakowitz story
- the unchecked leader; The Steinberg story - falling apart, together; The
Louisville Times and the Binghams - losing the legacy; Seagram and the
Bronfmans - the runaway leader
7 Schism - to have or have not?
Introduction; Pritzker - fighting for the spoils; The LA Times Group and
the Chandlers - the centrifugal family; Freedom Communications and the
Hoiles - a battle for control; The Pathak family - spice wars
8 Un-civil war
Introduction; U-Haul and the Shoens - a shattered dynasty; The Gucci family
- a tragic Italian opera
9 The spoils of war and the price of peace
From poisoned roots to the fruits of success - the essential lessons of
warfare; Warning signs and practical measures; In praise of conflict
Notes
Index