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The following newspaper report tells the story of a nightmare caused by weak family and business governance that allowed an ownership conflict to turn into a lawsuit that eventually led to a judge splitting the business’ assets and ownership.
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Carlock, R. S. and Florent-Treacy, E. From Swords to Ploughshares: Three Generations of Family Entrepreneurship, Conflict, Transition and Connection (INSEAD case study, 2009).
Kets de Vries, M. Family Business: Human Dilemmas in the Family Firm (London: International Thomson Business Press, 1996).
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© 2010 Randel S. Carlock and John L. Ward
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Carlock, R.S., Ward, J.L. (2010). Family Governance: Family Meetings and Agreements. In: When Family Businesses are Best. A Family Business Publication. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230294516_9
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