Schmieder shares a broad range of tools and pathways that family businesses across sectors use to stimulate, execute, measure, and reward innovation. The 50-plus family stories cited in this book will inspire any family enterprise to create a strategy and environment that can stimulate success for many generations to come.

Autorentext
Joe Schmieder is a principal consultant of the Family Business Consulting Group specializing in family business succession and strategic business planning. In addition to his consulting practice, Joe serves as an adjunct professor at Notre DameUniversity teaching Family Business Strategy courses.

Inhalt
Introduction Creating the Future Leading Through Innovation 1. The Family Difference Capitalizing on Family Innovation 2. Structured Chaos Creating a Culture of Innovation 3. Core Offerings Driving Value with Product and Service Innovations 4. Family Continuity Applying Innovative Thinking to Succession 5. Family Continuity Applying Innovative Thinking to Governance 6. Money and Metrics Funding and Measuring Innovation 7. The Next Generation Re-Innovating the Family Business 8. Moving Innovation Forward Concluding Thoughts