Family Wars: Classic Conflicts in Family Business and How to Deal with Them

Contents......Page 7
List of figures......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
1 Family wars......Page 13
2 The ideas: The roots of family warfare......Page 17
FAMILIES AT WAR......Page 18
THE ROOTS OF CONFLICT......Page 22
GENE POLITICS AND THE FAMILY FIRM......Page 27
FAMILY DYNAMICS......Page 34
CULTURE AND PERSONALITY......Page 39
INTRODUCTION......Page 47
KOCH INDUSTRIES – DESTRUCTIVE REDRESS......Page 50
THE RELIANCE STORY – THE MYTH OF UNITY......Page 54
THE DASSLER FAMILY – RACING FOR SUPREMACY......Page 62
THE MONDAVI FAMILY – A BITTER CUP......Page 67
THE GALLO FAMILY – VINTAGE CONFLICTS......Page 72
INTRODUCTION......Page 80
THE MCCAINS – WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN......Page 85
IBM – THE WATSONS – A STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY......Page 97
BATA SHOE – A STRUGGLE FOR STRATEGY......Page 102
INTRODUCTION......Page 108
THE FORD FAMILY – PARENTAL OPPRESSION......Page 111
THE DART GROUP – AN EXCESS OF WILLPOWER......Page 117
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM – THE PERILS OF CONDESCENSION......Page 121
THE REDSTONE FAMILY – THE LEADER’S IRON GRIP......Page 126
SOLID WASTE AND THE WAXMAN FAMILY – GREED, DECEPTION AND DESTRUCTION......Page 130
INTRODUCTION......Page 135
THE GUINNESS STORY – SLIDING INTO SCANDAL......Page 137
THE SAKOWITZ STORY – THE UNCHECKED LEADER......Page 143
THE STEINBERG STORY – FALLING APART, TOGETHER......Page 152
THE LOUISVILLE TIMES AND THE BINGHAMS – LOSING THE LEGACY......Page 161
SEAGRAM AND THE BRONFMANS – THE RUNAWAY LEADER......Page 171
INTRODUCTION......Page 178
PRITZKER – FIGHTING FOR THE SPOILS......Page 181
THE LA TIMES GROUP AND THE CHANDLERS – THE CENTRIFUGAL FAMILY......Page 191
FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS AND THE HOILES – A BATTLE FOR CONTROL......Page 197
THE PATHAK FAMILY – SPICE WARS......Page 200
INTRODUCTION......Page 203
U-HAUL AND THE SHOENS – A SHATTERED DYNASTY......Page 204
THE GUCCI FAMILY – A TRAGIC ITALIAN OPERA......Page 220
9 The lessons – the price of war and the prize of peace......Page 232
FROM POISONED ROOTS TO THE FRUITS OF SUCCESS – THE ESSENTIAL LESSONS OF WARFARE......Page 233
WARNING SIGNS AND PRACTICAL MEASURES......Page 250
IN PRAISE OF CONFLICT......Page 256
Notes......Page 259
Index......Page 283