Family Capitalism

Here the authors offer a perspective set apart from the more traditional depiction of the family business as being isolated, nepotistic, and fraught with succession conflicts and dramas. They focus on the identification of strategies derived from successful family businesses and owners from geographically distinct locations that include: China, the United Kingdom, Africa, the United States of America, Colombia, Germany, Sweden and Israel and examine the driving forces in the founding, consolidation and survival over generations in ownership of a business, as well as in the renewal of entrepreneurship within and between generations.

Part 1: Visionary Owenership Chapter 2. Overview Chapter 3. Ladder Entrepreneurship: A social mobility case in USA James and Victoria Grady Chapter 4. Building Social Capital: An emigration case from UK to Tanzania Gry Osnes Chapter 5. Strategizing Successions: Sibling loyalty in a French Case Gry Osnes Chapter 6.Cluster Ownership: A multi-generation case from China Olive Yanli Hou Chapter 7. Technological Innovation: Family commitment in a case from Sweden Liv Hoek Chapter 8. Stewardship and Integrity: A Lutheran Arab Family in Jerusalem Gry Osnes Chapter 9. Renewal of a Dynasty: A Colombian owner own account Angelica Uribe Part 2: Leadership Strategies Chapter 10. Overview: Leadership of Paradox and Distributed Leadership Chapter 11. Autonomy and Role Liv Hoek Chapter 12. "Letting Go" and "Moving On" James and Victoria Grady Chapter 13. Selling the Business: A UK owner Gry Osnes and Victoria Grady Chapter 14.Having Power or Strategizing Authority Gry Osnes Chapter 15. Gender and Leadership Mona Haug Chapter 16. Strategic Avenues for Succession Gry Osnes Chpater 17. Developing Healthy Ownership: A Non-family Chairman in Norway Gry Osnes Chapter 18. Summary: Family Capitalism Drive