Goals, Control and Conflicts in Family Offices A Conceptual and In-depth Qualitative Study /

• Main Author: Wessel, Stephan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Gabler, 2013.
• Series: Familienunternehmen und KMU
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

Family offices manage and coordinate a family’s combined wealth whilst preserving the family legacy and protecting family interests. The families behind these family offices control a significant percentage of the GDP of developed economies, with consequences for financial markets. Despite its pract...

Table of Contents:

• Typology of family offices
• Financial and non-financials goals of families
• Formal and informal control mechanisms
• Interdependencies between family business and family office
• Antecedents of conflict in family offices
• Consequences of conflict in family offices.