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Si gestionar una empresa no es un camino de rosas, gobernar una organización familiar suele tener alguna que otra espina de más por la peculiar mezcla de responsabilidades, trabajo y relaciones personales que en ella se producen. En este marco resulta aún más indispensable contar con un buen consejo de administración que sea capaz de decidir, con estrategia y sensatez y no con el corazón y las emociones de los lazos de sangre, el camino...
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Los negocios familiares dominaron y dominan la vida empresarial en España, pero apenas sabemos nada sobre el proceso de modernización de su gestión. En los dos últimos siglos estas empresas y grupos de control familiar han tenido que aprender a ir más allá de sus mercados locales y regionales y buscar formas de adaptarse a los retos de tres revoluciones tecnológicas que han cambiado su forma de producir, de relacionarse y de pensar....
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Dream Harbor volume 1
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When Jeanie's aunt gifts her the beloved Pumpkin Spice Café in the small town of Dream Harbor, Jeanie jumps at the chance for a fresh start away from her very dull desk job. Logan is a local farmer who avoids Dream Harbor's gossip at all costs. But Jeanie's arrival disrupts Logan's routine, and he wants nothing to do with the irritatingly upbeat new girl, except that he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her. Will Jeanie's happy-go-lucky attitude...
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"Credibility-it's elemental to business leadership. You can't lead without it. For successors in familybusinesses, establishing credibility can be their greatestchallenge. Growing up in the shadows of their predecessors'successes makes it difficult for successors in family businesses toestablish themselves and use their gifts to lead. To lead storied family businesses, successors build credibilitythe hard way - just like their parents did: they earn...
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Band on the run volume 2
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Ambitious Paige Walters is ecstatic when she's hired to recruit musicians for a literacy campaign--it's her chance to prove she's got the chops to make it in the family business. When Dylan steps in, she immediately dislikes him and vows not to let the fallen idol screw it up. But as the work brings Paige and Dylan closer together, their attraction grows ... and so do their challenges ... --Provided by Publisher.
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"LC Duncan, patriarch and leader of the Duncan clan, is alive and well after being shot by a mysterious gunman. His near death experience has caused him and his wife Chippy to reflect on both the past and present, and together they decide that it's time to return to Waycross, Georgia for a long overdue family reunion. Wherever the Duncans go, trouble is never too far behind, and this time it comes in the form of longtime Duncan enemy Vinnie Dash and...
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A nadie se le ocurre dar por hecho que el hijo de un gran violinista será también un virtuoso de este instrumento. En cambio, sí se da por sentado que los descendientes de un empresario heredarán el gen emprendedor y la capacidad de dirección del padre. Hay que tener claro que la propiedad puede adquirirse y heredarse, pero que esto no conlleva la adquisición de la capacidad de dirigir y gobernar. El apellido no es ninguna garantía,...
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Basándose en experiencias reales vividas en un centenar de empresas familiares, este libro aporta sugerencias y consejos muy prácticos para dar continuidad al negocio a través de las generaciones. Al adoptar la perspectiva del fundador, sucesores y demás parientes, el libro es muy útil también para quienes no están involucrados en la dirección de la empresa. Se trata de que cada miembro de la familia se adhiera al compromiso de conservar...
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"This practical and important book offers ideas, examples, and suggestions that address the challenges inherent to developing and sustaining a successful family business. It explores the complex dynamics involved in working with loved ones and how to pass a business on to a new generation"--
This practical and important book offers ideas, examples, and suggestions that address the challenges inherent to developing and sustaining a successful family...
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Working at a small family-owned cookie manufacturing plant in Florida, 27-year-old Karina Cortés, happy with her single life, finds business mixing with pleasure when she meets the company's hot new mechanic and must decide whether she's willing to risk her heart or continue keeping people at arm's length.
11) Suddenly mine
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"Christian Montgomery is burnt out--the family business might be his entire world, but his father's judgment means Christian never stops working. His only respite is gazing at the beach and the carefree surfers riding the waves ... especially the curvy redhead who's caught his attention. Sophia Bennington has just fled from her small Kansas town to California, where she's trying her best to embrace her new beginning. Soon Christian and Sophia find...
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"As an heir to the Anheuser-Busch company and fortune, Billy Busch was raised on the real stories of how his family built one of America's oldest and most iconic brands. Since the company was formed almost 150 years ago, the Busch family, their beer, the famous Clydesdales in their advertising, and even their style of business have become a symbol of the American dream--that not-so-outdated belief that hard work, grit, and a positive can-do attitude...
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Discover What Makes Family Businesses Beat the Odds and Thrive over Generations. Families are complicated; family businesses even more so. Like other companies, family-run enterprises must develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills. But they must also manage family dynamics that rarely mirror the best practices in the latest Harvard Business Review. Allan Cohen and Pramodita Sharma, scholars with deep professional and personal roots in family businesses,...
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“Family Business Management” provides an accessible overview of the core aspects of family business, with an international, practice-based perspective.
Structured in four parts, the book covers key topics such as family firm goals, conflict management, human resources, strategy, financial management, family and business governance, and succession planning. A wide variety of cases and examples are used throughout the book to highlight cultural...
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Part love story, part workplace drama, this sharply observed novel is a witty critique of the false judgments we make in a social-media-obsessed world. New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella has written her most timely novel yet. Everywhere Katie Brenner looks, someone else is living the life she longs for, particularly her boss, Demeter Farlowe. Demeter is brilliant and creative, lives with her perfect family in a posh townhouse, and wears...
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"Successful ownership transition requires effective decision making at the top Engaged Ownership is the definitive owner's guide to the family enterprise. Whether you're taking over a family business, family office, or trust, this book shows you how to work effectively with the management and board to keep the enterprise moving in the right direction. The first guide of its kind written from the owner's perspective, this book is designed to help owners...
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"Megan Montgomery has always been careful ... except that one time she threw caution to the wind and hooked up with a sexy groomsman at her cousin's wedding. But that was two years ago--so why can't she stop thinking about Alex Rebat? He'll have to play his cards just right. Alex has been living the good life. He loves his job, has a great circle of friends, and doesn't answer to anyone. The problem? There's only one woman he wants and she ran out...
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"Mackenzie Dienes has a beautiful home, close friends and a successful career as an elite winemaker with her in-laws' winery. Everything in her life is tied to her husband: his mother is the closest thing to a mom that she's ever had, their home is on the family compound, his sister is her best friend. So when she and her husband admit their marriage is over, her pain goes beyond heartbreak. She's on the brink of losing her job, her home, her friends...
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