Conflict in Family Businesses, 1st ed. 2018 Conflict, Models, and Practices

This book presents methods for dealing with conflict in family firms. The first part of the book defines conflict in general and then in the context of family businesses. It then identifies several approaches to dealing with conflict. As the author makes clear, conflict can negatively impact the performance of a family firm while unresolved conflict often results in unsuccessful transition to the next generation. Therefore, she presents a model that looks at the causes of conflict and ways of resolving it. The second part of the book presents case studies of conflicts in family business, examining such companies as Gucci and L'Oreal and applying the theory. This book will serves as a foundational text in managing disputes in family enterprises.

Chapter 1

Conflict

Chapter 2

Conflict management 

Chapter 3

Conflict in Family Businesses

Chapter 4

Gucci Conflict

Chapter 5

L’Oréal – What’s the most important in human’s life “Family OR Business“  

Chapter 6

Est. Sam Miorry & Sons

Chapter 7

Malakieh Sweets

Chapter 8

Dakroub Textiles

Chapter 9

Aleea Steel SAL

Chapter 10

Suleiman Corporation Family Business

Provides an overview of concepts, models and practices for conflict management in family business

Offers a comprehensive literature review on conflict management

First book to present a scholarly assessment of disputes in family firms

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras