Family Wisdom
BOOKS
Business Legends
Lives and times of G.D. Birla, Walchand Hirachand, Kasturbhai Lalbhai and J.R.D. Tata— four legends of family business in India. Author: Gita Piramal
Price: Rs 499
Publisher: Penguin
Managing For The Long Run
Prescriptions for enduring organisational success in family-controlled businesses.
Author: D. Miller, Isabelle Le Breton Miller
Price: $ 29.95
Publisher: Harvard Business Press Books
Family Wars
Helps spot the signs of family conflicts and provides some thoughtful leadership insights.
Authors: Grant Gordon & Nigel Nicholson
Price: $ 37.50
Publisher: Kogan Page
Family Business on the Couch
Find out why some family businesses are dysfunctional. And get to know some cures too.
Author: Manfred F. R. Kets De Vries, R.S. Carlock, Elizabeth Florent-Treacy
Price: Rs 3,140
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
9 Elements Of Family Business Success
Case studies focus on practically most issues confronting family businesses. A step-bystep approach to success.
Author: A.E. Fishman
Price: Rs 595
Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill
Unconventional Wisdom
Plenty of theory and practical advice—can come handy in understanding effective family business.
Author: John L. Ward
Price: $ 70
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
EXPERTS
Peter Leach, founder of Peter Leach LLP—a firm that advises on all matters relating to family business. He helped prepare family succession constitution for the GMR Group.
John L. Ward, Clinical Professor of Family Enterprises, Kellogg School of Management and adviser to scores of family businesses across the world.
Dr. Vipin Gupta, Roslyn Solomon Jaffe Chair Professor of Strategy at Simmons College, Boston and has authored Culturally-Sensitive Models Of Family Businesses: A Compendium Using The GLOBE Paradigm.
Kavil Ramachandran, Thomas Schmidheiny Chair Professor on Family Business & Wealth Management at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He has done extensive research on familyrun businesses in India.
Jaideep Motwani, Chair and Professor of Management at the Seidman College of Business, Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA. A global consultant and trainer for a number of family business organisations.
COURSES
1. Harvard Business School offers executive education programmes on family business.
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/programs/fib/index.html
2. Centre for Family Enterprise, Kellogg School of Management runs executive education programmes on family business.
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/research/family/index.htm
3. SP Jain Institute of Management & Research offers 18-month long Family Managed Business Programme for young family business managers, which is now in its 12th year.
http://www.spjimr.org/fmb/
4. Family Business Institute, North Carolina, USA.
http://www.familybusinessinstitute.com/
5. Indian School of Business runs special elective in family business, a one-year management programme. http://www.isb.edu/Faculty/ThomasSchmidheiny_ResearchChair.Shtml
— This is only an illustrative list and should not be construed as BT’s recommendations.
