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Case Studies in Family Business: Overcoming Destructive Conflict, Deviance, and Dysfunction in the Family Firm(Elgar Cases in Entrepreneurship)

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In this illuminating casebook, Roland Kidwell brings together eminent scholars and researchers, showcasing real-world examples of family businesses and potential challenges they may face. Chapters encapsulate possible tensions that may manifest within family businesses, including sibling rivalry, intergenerational conflict, and clashing ideas about work ethic. Ultimately, the authors propose that it is essential for stakeholders and those in leadership to understand what techniques, policies and behaviors do, and indeed do not, work in family firms. Key Features: Contains learning notes at the end of each case to summarize key ideas and structure scholarly learning Includes cases from several different countries, giving this fascinating book international scope Provides genuine testimonies from those involved in family businesses to illustrate potential threats to company harmony and firm survival. This casebook is vital for those teaching and studying business and leadership, corporate governance, and family business. Family business advisors and those working in family business centers will additionally benefit from the practical scenarios illustrated throughout the book.

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Contents Introduction: dealing with the dark side of family firms, case by case 1 Roland E. Kidwell PART I FAMILY FIGHTS: PARENTS, CHILDREN AND SIBLINGS 1 Navigating relational rifts and communication clashes in the Peyton family firm 9 Gaia Marchisio, Eric R. Kushins and Robert Randolph 2 Brotherly battles at Brew Corp: “family firms should be forbidden by law” 26 Dagmar Y. Hattenberg, Erik Veldhuizen and Judith van Helvert 3 Feuding siblings: sowing the seeds of conflict in the family business 38 Unai Arzubiaga, Amaia Maseda and Javier Macías 4 Tuskys Supermarkets: the good, the bad and the ugly in the Kago family business 49 William Murithi and Sally Kah 5 Stahlmann GmbH: everything lost due to intergenerational conflict 63 Sandra Fiedler 6 Dee Doks’ family business conflicts: culture or nurture? 73 Folashade O. Akinyemi PART II SUCCESSION STRUGGLES (AND SUCCESSES): THE NEXT GENERATIONS 7 Schmidt Print and Media – a family business in upheaval 87 Christopher Khoury, Christine Keller and Nadine Kammerlander 8 Heladería Roma: challenges of succession in a climate of distrust 96 Pablo Álamo and Unai Arzubiaga 9 RAJ General Supplies Limited: three daughters take over the family business 111 William Murithi and Karumba Kinyua 10 Preventing history from repeating itself: the succession process at De Berg 121 Astrid Kramer and Miranda Stienstra PART III CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – OR LACK THEREOF 11 The Johnsons unveiled: a family’s clash of values, business, and philanthropy 128 Małgorzata Smulowitz and Peter Vogel 12 The past catches up with everyone: legal failures of the previous generation threaten a family firm’s future 138 Jan Klaus Tänzler and Annegret Hauer 13 Sport sponsoring at Royal Jumbo Food Group: a double-edged sword 147 Miranda Stienstra, Astrid Kramer and Ties van Daal 14 The enemy at home: diversification and professionalization at BOMBE 156 María Jesús Hernández-Ortiz, Manuel Carlos Vallejo-Martos, Myriam Cano-Rubio and Francisca Panadés-Zamora PART IV BAD BEHAVIOR IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS 15 Landscape Plus 169 Steve Gaklis 16 Jacobson Hardware Store: overcoming conflict, dysfunction, and death in a family business 183 John James Cater III 17 Lost in transitions? 194 Cristina Alvarado-Alvarez and Martin C. Euwema 18 Frutas y Verduras San Miguel: gambling with the future of the family firm 200 Pablo Álamo and Unai Arzubiaga 19 Blinded by trust: a cousin’s fraud threatens a family business 212 Ellison Howard Afterword 219


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  • ISBN-13: 9781035362660
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 242
  • Sub Title: Overcoming Destructive Conflict, Deviance, and Dysfunction in the Family Firm
  • ISBN-10: 103536266X
  • Publisher Date: 25 Mar 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Elgar Cases in Entrepreneurship
  • Width: 169 mm


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