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Managing the family business : theory and practice / Thomas Zellweger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2017]Description: xviii, 527 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781783470709 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.61 ZEL 23
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 338.61 ZEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39002100645135

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This innovative textbook covers the most important challenges facing family businesses. Practice-inspired and research-based, it emphasizes both practice and theory along with concepts, cases and reflection questions to illustrate key topics.

This text discusses the relevance of family firms across the globe, their unique strengths and weaknesses, their governance, strategic management, the succession process, drivers of long-term success and interpersonal dynamics. Taking a holistic and international perspective, the book combines management concepts, research findings, practical examples and case studies to provide a unique source of insight and inspiration for students and practitioners in the most prominent type of business organization in the world.

This textbook's comprehensive coverage of topics and combination of didactical formats makes it ideal for students studying family firms, and a useful reference for professors, advisors, and practitioners as well.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also issued online.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Thomas Zellweger, Professor of Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

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