Essays on Family Business

The Seattle Times Company has been a family-owned business for over 100 years. From the original founder Alden Blethen to his great grandson Frank Blethen, the family has retained majority control of the newspaper until present day. This Harvard Business School case details the long...

In The Communist Manifesto, the most prominent way that bourgeois capitalism and effects his society is the way that the bourgeois has lost its familial connection quality. Marx states, “The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family...

H.L. Reed’s is a family owned business and operated by the grandson of founder. Its sales performance drop to 940 suits in 1989, 35% decrease compare to 1985. The slow response to H.L.Reed’s declining sales could be contributed to below reasons. The continuity of family...

Enterprising Family SMEs As hitherto articulated, the context of this study is growth-oriented multigenerational small and medium-sized family enterprises. These enterprises are herein labelled as – Enterprising Family SMEs (E.F.SMEs). E.F.SMEs are representative of well-established growth-oriented multigenerational small and medium-sized family enterprises that ideally aim...

Case background Jignesh Springs Ltd. is a family owned spring manufacturer. The plant is located in the heart of Surat city. They have been manufacturing in-house for the last three years. Now, as they have established themselves in the market, they are planning to expand....