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Includes bibliographical references and index.;Acknowledging both -- Which to choose : family or business? -- Tradition and change in family firms -- Predictable paradoxes across the generations -- Predictable conflicts in the intersections -- Managing both -- A continuum for addressing paradoxes -- One key tool: the polarity map(tm) -- Experience the power of paradox -- Appendix A: historical perspective on paradox -- Appendix B: paradoxes in business literature -- Appendix C: family first : business first assessment -- Appendix D: polarity map(tm) applications.;Print version record.;eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks Rather than having to choose between the family and the business, the authors argue that if family-owned businesses can consciously manage and over time, perhaps, synthesize these contradictions, the Family Enterprise will have a long-term strategic and competitive advantage and the family will remain committed to continuity.
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Rather than having to choose between the family and the business, the authors argue that if family-owned businesses can consciously manage and over time, perhaps, synthesize these contradictions, the Family Enterprise will have a long-term strategic and competitive advantage and the family will remain committed to continuity.