De geração para geração: ciclos de vida das empresas familiares

by John A. Davis, Keline E. Gersick, Marion McCollon Hampton

Mais de 80% de todas as empresas do mundo são familiares desde renomadas empresas, como a Wal-Mart e a Cargill, até a padaria da esquina e a franquia de bairro. Neste livro, um exame abrangente das empresas familiares explora as dinâmicas e desafios especiais enfrentados por essas organizações no decorrer dos seus ciclos de vida. Com base em mais de uma década de pesquisa e consultoria junto a centenas de empresas familiares em todo o mundo, os autores apresentam um modelo original de desenvolvimento para a compreensão e o gerenciamento de padrões de mudança em empresas familiares. Eles mostram como questões de estrutura organizacional, liderança, estratégia, administração financeira e comportamento organizacional nessas empresas diferem daquelas sem vínculos familiares.

Genres: Business, Reference

312 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Said AlMaskery · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most important books I've read on family firm management. The author highlights the importance of understanding the three systems that work in tandem in family firms: ownership, the family, and the business. Each of these will go through different phases at different times, making it an extremely complex (but powerful) system.

The book operationalizes a lot of the theories surrounding family firms by suggesting a few frameworks that can help understand and mitigate the challenges associated with managing these firms. The book puts a few handful case studies as an introduction to each chapter and as a way to explain the ideas that follow.

In light of my own research, stewardship exit strategies in family firms, I found the book helpful in developing a few blueprint ideas associated with the transfer of decision making from owner to second generation. For example, does the owner prefer a controlling owner or a sibling partnership?

I highly recommend this book for owners who invision their firms in the future as a family business. Or for family members who struggle to understand the dynamics of their own family firms.

[Pablo Pereyra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este livro é referência e inspiração de estudos sobre empresas familiares, ele propriamente dito foi escrito de forma que lembra muito um artigo científico, e é baseado em experiências descritas então não há ficção, embora o cunho científico possa ser mais pesado de ler, as informações são diretas e assertivas e as sugestões e práticas sugeridas são possíveis de serem aplicadas no dia seguinte.

[Bryan Seaford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exceptional resource for anyone that is a part of, or working with, a family enterprise.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are committed to learning about and running your Own family business or just have a niche academic interest on the topic (I’m surprised this book even exists but thankful it does) - this book will act as a very handy manual to highlight the challenges and potential solutions based on what appears to be an enormous series of studies on family businesses. It is definitely one you will read once and have to go back to as a reference book in order for it to be helpful. My main takeaway was that 80% of running a successful multigenerational family business is tremendous relationship management with long term foresight.

[Iamthird · Rating 2 out of 5]

My cousins all have my "cliff notes" :)
Thoughtful family business members do not need a developmental model to tell them that things are always changing but rather to illuminate the likely consequences of these inevitable changes throughout their complex, interconnected systems. As a result, they may be able to improve the chances that their family business will continue to sustain them and the people they love, from generation to generation.

[Zac Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books written on family businesses.

[James Solano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great analysis for different family businesses and the different stages of development of those businesses. I would reccomend this to any member of a family business.