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Author:   Hans Sjögren ,  Ken Schubert
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138489141

ISBN 10:   113848914
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   21 March 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Dynasties in the Age of Capitalism The Lucky Sperm Club Mature and emerging dynasties Nordic dynasties Missions to fulfil Chapter 2: The Theory of Dynasty Personal, family-based and managerial capitalism Financial and human capital Dynastic longings Churchill's favourite marmalade? Ants and grasshoppers The good life outside the stock market A conceptual model Relational capital and value creation Historichal anchor Chapter 3: New Industry Logic Nordic dynastic entrepreneurship in the nineteenth century Merchant houses Banking and the bourgeoisie Inter-war dynasties Entrepreneurship in the countryside of Jutland Post-war dynasties Society modernizes Family-based retailers Into the digital revolution Countryside origins Chapter 4: Strategy, Structure and Dynamics Stick to what you know, or not A structural evolutionary pattern Conglomerates – a blind alley Business groups Bonnier – back to basics The u-turn of Lego Too much tradition kills In the wrong industry at the wrong time Continuity and discontinuity with historical roots Chapter 5: Values and Credos Servant of the people – Kamprad’s will Renewal and the national interest – the Wallenbergs Resolute leadership Spotlight on customers – the Perssons, Rausings and Kann Rasmussens The devil is in the details Winning strategies Chapter 6: Blood is Everything – Succession Family do or die Lonely spouses and cracks in the glass ceiling Changing role of women Shaky promises for the future Sibling rivalry A two-man show, or maybe not The extended family Sons-in-law and trials by fire Culture of leadership Frictionless succession Passive owners without day-to-day management duties Kinship triumphs Chapter 7: Business, Politics and Culture Political effort and conservative resistance To ease the tax burdens Welfare system alliances A long tradition of mutual benefit Give and take – a question of culture Chapter 8: Conclusion The weight of tradition The future of dynasties – local is global

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Hans Sjögren is a professor at Linköping University and Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

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