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- Should You Join the Family Business?
- The decision to join a family business can be difficult because once you're in, you're in for the long haul. You can leave IBM with two-weeks notice. But mixing blood and money means you are committing big time to Johnson's Distributors or Jones and Sons Auto Repair. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
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- Corporate Governance and Competitive Advantage in Family-Controlled Firms
- Recent attempts to identify the basis of family-controlled firms' competitive advantage have drawn upon the resource-based view of the firm. This paper supplements these efforts and advances the argument that family-controlled firms' competitive advantage arises from their system of corporate governance. Systems of corporate governance embody incentives, authority patterns, and...
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Creating Effective Corporate Governance in Family Businesses
- The popular view of corporate governance in family businesses is that efforts to improve the situation are as likely to succeed as efforts to reform financing of American political campaigns. Commonplace wisdom has it that family businesses range from secret to hermetically sealed and that both fiduciary and non-fiduciary governance...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Why it is Relevant to the Closely Held Family Business
- In corporate America, Sarbanes-Oxley act of the United States Congress reinforces and expands policies that have maintained confidence in the American capitalistic system for almost seventy years. The Act focuses on management accountability and corporate governance while carefully defining the role of professionals who provide legal, accounting, and other services....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Good governance, clear succession rules vital for Thai family businesses.
- By Sujintana Hemtasilpa, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--For a family business to ensure its own survival and prosperity in today's business environment, the operators must facilitate good governance, make clear the succession rules and properly groom heirs...
- Research articles 2004-12-03
- Bush signs American Red Cross governance overhaul bill.(ON VOLUNTEERS)(George W. Bush)
- President George W. Bush has signed legislation that will allow overhaul of the governance structure of the American Red Cross, which is federally chartered, as part of a wide-ranging change in operations at the charity. "The American Red Cross is very grateful to President...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Summary of NASDAQ Corporate Governance Proposals
- "The following provides a detailed summary of NASDAQ's proposed corporate governance reforms. This summary supersedes the prior document dated February 26, 2003. The primary changes are to: (1) reflect the Security and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") approval of NASDAQ's proposal requiring shareholder approval for stock option plans and other equity...
- White papers 2003-09-10
- How the Next Generation Can Succeed in Family Business
- This article addresses a segment of the family businesses generally comprehended by the common sense understanding of that term. The focus of this essay is members of families who share a commitment to continuing a legacy of shared values as much as prudently managing their capital together. Article describes pools...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Corporate Library Expands its Research Team; Former Towers Perrin corporate governance and executive compensation expert Annalisa Barrett to lead efforts on Board Effectiveness Ratings
- PORTLAND, Maine -- The Corporate Library, the creator of the Board Analyst family of governance and compensation research products, announced the appointment of Annalisa Barrett as Senior Research Associate, Board Effectiveness Ratings. Barrett brings to The Corporate Library over 10 years of specialized experience in corporate governance, executive compensation and...
- Research articles 2005-09-20
- The Family Business Center at NexTier Announces Updated Website: www.familybizcenter.com
- EVANS CITY, Pa. -- NexTier is pleased to announce that its Family Business Center has launched an updated website: www.familybizcenter.com. The Family Business Center is based in Cranberry Township, PA, north of Pittsburgh. Its team and network of strategic partners provides solutions to privately owned and family businesses nationwide....
- Research articles 2008-04-17
- Wells Fargo Introduces the Family Wealth Group
- SAN FRANCISCO -- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. today introduced the Family Wealth Group, a comprehensive multi-family office serving ultra-wealthy families who manage their wealth across generations. The Family Wealth Group, part of Wells Fargo Private Bank, combines superior investment management and risk management capabilities with a broad view of wealth...
- Research articles 2008-03-31
- In Business the Family Way | BTalk Australia
- (11min 19) The latest Family Business Survey from KPMG and Family Business Australia shows that small businesses think they have the edge on their competitors. On today's BTalk Australia Bill Noye, chairman of KPMG’s Family Business Services tells Phil Dobbie that these businesses could still benefit from...
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Managing Resources: Linking Unique Resources, Management, and Wealth Creation in Family Firms
- The appropriate resources are necessary but insufficient to achieve a competitive advantage. Resources must also be managed effectively. Herein, one develops a resource management process model composed of three components that can lead to a competitive advantage. These components include the resource inventory (evaluating, adding, and shedding), resource bundling, and...
- White papers
- Corporate Governance Guidelines - Mail-Well
- This is the corporate governance guidelines of Mail-Well. A majority of directors of the Company must be "independent" directors. A director will be deemed to be "independent," unless otherwise determined by the Company's other "independent" directors, if he or she and the members of his or her immediate family. Directors...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Good Governance and Good Health: The Role of Societal Structures in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pandemic
- It has been argued that famine only occurs in nations that are immune to the political will of their people. Political freedom in famine free countries is additionally coupled, albeit unevenly, to other freedoms such as education, health, the control of family size and the ability to seek employment. This...
- White papers 2005-04-25
- OnX Provides Vignette Compliance and Governance Solutions; OnX Unveils Integrated Enterprise Application and Infrastructure Compliance Solutions at Vignette Village 2004
- SAN ANTONIO -- OnX Enterprise Solutions Inc. (TSX:ON), "OnX", a leading managed services, enterprise Web application and infrastructure solution provider, today strengthened support for the Vignette (NASDAQ:VIGN) family of software and solutions with the introduction of a portfolio of integrated application and infrastructure solutions. Together OnX and Vignette are enabling...
- Research articles 2004-10-26
- SOA Software to Support Oracle® Fusion Middleware; Company to Provide Critical Web Services Management, Security and Governance Products to Oracle Customers
- SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- SOA Software today announced that its products will provide complementary, management and governance capabilities for OracleR Fusion Middleware. Oracle Fusion Middleware encompasses the company's industry-leading middleware offerings: Oracle Application Server 10g, related Application Server products and options, Oracle Data Hubs and Oracle Collaboration Suite into one...
- Research articles 2005-07-06
- Progress Actional Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance
- BEDFORD, Mass. -- Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global supplier of application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced that the Progress([R]) Actional([R]) product family has been positioned in the leaders quadrant of the 'Gartner 2007 Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance Technology...
- Research articles 2008-02-04
- LogicLibrary and Reactivity Form Strategic Alliance; Partnership Combines Industry-leading Approaches for SOA Governance, Security and Performance
- PITTSBURGH -- LogicLibraryR, the leader in design-time service-oriented architecture SOA governance and software reuse, and ReactivityR, a leading XML enabled networking solutions provider, today announced a strategic partnership. The companies will integrate their respective products, Logidex and Reactivity's family of XML appliances, to provide customers with the ability to rapidly...
- Research articles 2006-05-31
- Institutional Investors Lobby Obama on Governance
- Barack Obama is getting a full court press from institutional investors who want big changes in corporate governance. More than 60 groups want the president-elect to stop a five-year-old trend towards blocking proxies that want firms to do a better job of revealing their financial risks and take more social...
- Blog posts 2008-12-15
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