Perspectives
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Adaptability, Resilience, and Innovation
Conflict Resolution
- Managing differences in the family to prevent destruction of business and wealth
- Navigating succession storms: A mediation odyssey in family business
- Harmonising family business dynamics: The role of mediation in sibling rivalry
- Mediation in family business disputes: A holistic approach beyond failed negotiations
Gender
Governance
- Professional CEOs successful in legacy companies when promoters move beyond ‘I, Me, Myself’
- Politics and the family plot
- Fix it before it breaks
- How can family businesses keep from splitting by separating ownership & management?
- View: Ignore nominee directors at your own peril
- Directors’ competencies: A tall order for India Inc
- Leveraging the power of an independent board
- Writing is easy, not living: Challenges in implementing family business constitutions
- Strategies for effective implementation of family business constitutions
Legacy and Familiness
- The magnificent history of Indian family businesses
- When a corporation traverses 100 years sans a formula
- India’s cherished joint families system is under threat: What can be done?
- Impact of divisions in family businesses: Motivations and consequences
- Industry lessons from the Kalyani feud: Business bonding and beyond
Next Generation and Succession
- What to Keep in Mind Before Handing Over the Family Business
- Focus on competence, not dynastic succession
- Ignoring culture can be perilous in succession planning
- Passing the baton smoothly
- Indian family businesses: Few clear on succession – why others need to worry
- The rise of India’s family-owned conglomerates
- The tricks to ensure the next generation become capable to take over the family business
- Bridging generational divide in family businesses through communication
- Sibling rivalry in family businesses: Navigating the fault lines
- How India Inc 2.0 can transform familial privilege into impactful leadership
- Next Gen, Family Office, and Fear of the Unknown
- How next-gen scions can steward family businesses amid global uncertainties
Ownership and Performance
- Lessons from TVS Group rejig: Filling each other’s cup but not drinking from the same cup
- Family firms in India: Performance and relevance
- Pledged shares valued at Rs 4.6 trillion: The good and the bad
- What family and non-family businesses can learn from each other
- Research Paper: Family Businesses in India – Nupur Pavan Bang (PDF)
- Pledging shares: The mirage of prosperity