Innovation in the Family Business: Succeeding Through Generations

Authors: J. Schmieder


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.

Table of contents

The Family Business Difference: Capitalizing on Family Innovation

Structured Chaos: Creating a Culture of Innovation

New Products and Services: Driving Value with Innovative Offerings

Money and Metrics: Funding and Measuring Innovation

The Next Generation: Reinnovating the Family Business

Leadership and Ownership Transitions: Ensuring Succession Supports Innovation

Governance: Overseeing Key Relationships to Support Innovation

Moving Innovation Forward: Concluding Thoughts