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"Family Business Management provides an accessible overview of the core aspects of family business, with an international, practice-based perspective. Structured in four parts, the book covers key topics such as family firm goals, conflict management, human resources, strategy, financial management, family and business governance, and succession planning. A wide variety of cases and examples are used throughout the book to highlight cultural and institutional differences between family businesses in contrasting contexts. Each chapter offers a detailed case study and boxed examples, illustrating real-life family business situations and stimulating students' critical thinking and decision-making. Readers are further supported by learning objectives, discussion questions and further reading suggestions. Digital supplements for instructors include lecture slides, a test bank, additional case studies and exercises, plus animated topic videos and video interviews with academics and family business practitioners. This textbook is the ideal companion for undergraduate and postgraduate family business courses and will also be valuable reading for people working in family businesses"--

New technologies, falling transportation costs, improvements in education, and increased opportunities for international business contributed to economic growth. Without political stability, however, world trade could not have flourished at a steady and healthy rate.

This comprehensive textbook gives an insight into all relevant aspects of business administration, as they are all subject to fundamental changes due to the transformation to a more sustainable economy. It starts with the background on sustainability and the scientific classification of sustainable business administration. Next, it sheds light on the boundary conditions regarding environmental economics and social responsibility. The next section deals with management functions, from strategy and international management to change management, legal implications and HR management. The last part focuses on value creation. Here, the authors shed light on the influence of sustainability in all areas of the corporate value chain, from procurement on to production and ending with marketing and sales. Also addressed are expert functions such as environmental management or sustainable product design, which are essential in driving sustainable innovation in a dynamically changing environment.

"Roughly half of all project managers have to lead customer projects as profit centers on contractor side with two big objectives: making the customer happy and bringing money home. Customer projects are a high-risk business on both sides, customers and contractors, but the dynamics of this business have so far been mostly ignored in literature. The book is intended to fill this gap. The book helps project managers better understand the dynamics of customer projects under contract from business development through handover and find solutions for common problems. A central aspect is international contract laws, an often underestimated factor in projects."--Provided by publisher

Chapter 1: The Entrenchment of Traditional Industries and the Winner-Takes-All Phenomenon -- Chapter 2: The Dark Horse of New Tracks and the Life-Death Cycle -- Chapter 3: Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket vs. Going All-In on a Single Venture -- Chapter 4: Top-Down Management vs. Bottom-Up Innovation -- Chapter 5: Efficient Traditional Industries vs. Inefficient Emerging Industries -- Chapter 6: The Contraction of Primary and Secondary Industries vs. The Expansion of the Tertiary Industry -- Chapter 7: Moore's Law and Endless Desires -- Chapter 8: The Moore's Law in the Field of Artificial Intelligence -- Chapter 9: Lessons from the Extinction of Dinosaurs -- Chapter 10: The Boundaries of AI Capabilities -- Chapter 11: The Evolution from Mental Labor Today to Physical Labor Tomorrow -- Chapter 12: One Step Ahead is a Pioneer, Two Steps Ahead is a Martyr -- Chapter 13: A Makeshift Troupe Performing a Grand Opera: The Startup Path of Emerging Companies -- Chapter 14: Company Strategy Choices: Rapid Expansion vs. Quality Over Quantity -- Chapter 15: Re-thinking the Theory of Evolution.