Family Enterprise + Online Assessment Tool: Understanding Families in Business and Families of Wealth

Praise for Family Enterprise

"As an academic and an advisor who has been in the field since its infancy, I am delighted to recommend Family Enterprise. This book provides a very useful high-level summary of what has been learned about family enterprise, highlighting key frameworks and definitions and referencing important research articles from the Family Business Review. This book is a must-have for your professional library."
—John Davis, Harvard Business School and Cambridge Advisors to Family Enterprise

"As a member of a multigenerational international family enterprise founded in 1801, I strongly encourage all our professional advisors to read this book. The complex world of family enterprises has now yielded a multidisciplinary body of core knowledge. This book contains a wealth of cutting-edge information and insights and is an essential toolkit for any professional who works—or aspires to work—with family enterprises."
—Lansing Crane, Crane & Co.

"Based on over 25 years of research and applied work in the field, this book is an essential tool for any professional working on the financial and liquidity aspects of family enterprises. In a lively and user-friendly format, the book provides a broad base of material designed to introduce all professionals to the complexities of family enterprises and the family dynamics that inform those enterprises. An absolutely indispensable resource for those seeking a current and more holistic approach to the field."
—François M. de Visscher, President, de Visscher & Co., LLC

"A highly useful and succinct introduction to current analysis of family business, crammed full of signposts to further learning and research."
—David Harvey, Chief Executive, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Worldwide

"I highly recommend this book to scholars and professionals alike. Uniquely blending the practical and the theoretical work that has been done in the family enterprise field, the book offers readers both a comprehensive overview and dynamic multidisciplinary content. Timely, practical, and educational—precisely what the field of family enterprise needs!"
—Pramodita Sharma, PhD, editor, Family Business Review