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2010 California Family Business Awards

Find out why Betts Spring Company took top honors in our 2010 California Family Business Award.

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Note From The Director

From George S. Vozikis, Ph.D.  
Reighard Chair of Management and IFB Director

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I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

- Walter Chrysler

2011 Award Ceremony

Keep an eye on the events calendar for the 2011 awards.  Also check out the nomination form .
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Any of these books are available for your use upon your request.  Contact Lori Few at (559) 278-5662 or by e-mail at \n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . 
  1. Children of Paradise:  Successful Parenting for Prosperous Families by, Lee Hausner, Ph.
    A comprehensive parenting guide for financially advantaged families.  Offers a 9-step program to improve their parenting skills and inspire healthy values and positive self-esteem in their children.
  2. Hats Off to You:  Balancing Roles and Creating Success in Family Business by, Ernest A. Doud, Jr. and Lee Hausner, Ph.d.
    A comprehensive six transition model for family business succession planning to help balance the conflicting goals of family, harmony, and personal well-being.

  3. All in the Family…Business:  A Personal Memoir and Corporate History by, George G. Raymond, Jr.
    A biography of a family firm (Raymond Corporation) that shows a classic case history of a particular kind of business enterprise’s success, downfalls, tragedy, and overcoming.
  4.  Small Business Management:  An Entrepreneur’s Guidebook , Third Edition by William L. Megginson, Mary Jane Byrd, and Leon C. Megginson Emeritus 
    “How – to” guide with practical examples and applications from the business world to help one approach topics such as conceiving, planning, organizing, and managing a small business.  How entrepreneurs and small business owners operate now and beyond 2000.
      
  5. Building a Family Business Center: The Experiences of 7 Directors by, Nancy Upton, Drew Mendoza, Paul I. Karofsky, Ed. M, Patricia Frishkoff, D.B.A, Randel S. Carlock, Ph. D, Jacquelyn A. Freiberg, and Timothy G. Habbershon
     
    The directors share, suggest, advise, and provide insight on how to go about building a family business center.
      
  6. Succession:  The Final Test of Greatness by, Craig E. Aronoff, Ph. D, and John L. Ward, Ph. D.
     
    A guide on succession planning and preparing for the future.
     
  7.  How Families Work Together by, Mary F. Whiteside with Craig E. Aronoff and John L. Ward
     
    Practical guidance for family business’ seeking to manage the special challenges and opportunities confronting them.
     
  8.  Another Kind of Hero:  Preparing Successors for Leadership by, Craig e. Aronoff, Ph. D. and John L. Ward, Ph. D.
     
  9. Yellow Pages:  A Resource Guide for Family Business Advisors, Educators, Researchers, and Consultants from the Family Firm Institute, Inc.  Spring 2000
     
  10. Yellow Pages:  A Resource Guide for Family Business Advisors, Educators, Researchers, and Consultants from the Family Firm Institute, Inc. Spring 1997
     
  11.  Family Business Review:  Journal of the Family Firm Institute Volume 10, Number 4, December 1997
     
    a)       “Growing the Family Business:  Special Challenges and Best Practices” by John L. Ward
    A commentary that explores the reasons and theories for business stagnations.
     
    b)       “Team Building and Conflict Management Strategies for Family Business” by Greg Filbec and Linda L. Smith
    Investigates the use of the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator as an instrument to improve family Business relationships.
     
    c)       “Women in Family Business” by, Patricia M. Cole
    Explores the impact of gender-related issues on work. 
     
    d)       “Succession Planning in Family Business:  The Impact of Owner Gender” by Paula D. Harveston, Peter S. Davis, and Julie A. Lyden
    The findings of many differences between male- and female- owned businesses in terms of succession planning based on a national survey.
     
    e)       “ Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow” by, Larry E. Greiner
    How to more smoothly manage an organization’s growth
     
    f)        “A Conversation with Harry Levinson” by Paul Karofsky
    Harry Levinson is a pioneer in the psychological side of management and the topic of family business.  This interview explores some of his latest thinking on the subject.
     
  12.  Family Business Review:  Journal of the Family Firm Institute , Volume 10, Number 2, Summer 1997
     
    a)       “Resolving Family Business Disputes Through Mediation” by, John M. Haynes and Thomas M Usdin
    How mediation can effectively help resolve family-business disputes plus three commentaries by family business practioners who discuss both advantages and disadvantages of using mediation.
     
    b)       “Stakeholder Perceptions of Culture and Management Practices in Family and Family Firms – A Preliminary Report” by Ernesto J. Poza, Theodore Alfred, and Anil Maheshwari
    Research that explores family and business culture and practices.
     
    c)       “Choosing the Successor in New Zealand Family Farms” by Norah C. Keating and Heather M. Little
     
    d)  “An Interview with Judy Barber:  Prenuptial Agreements, Intimacy, Trust and Control” by Drew Mendoza and Sharon Krone
    Judy Barber is a consultant and licensed marriage and family    counselor specializing in the psychology of money.
     
    d)       “A Conversation with Henry Mintzberg” by, Aron Pervin
    Henry Mintzberg is an organizational theorist that discusses the role of strategy in family business and some of the potential strengths on which they can capitalize.
     
  13.  Family Business Review:  Journal of the Family Firm Institute , Volume 10, Number 3, Fall 1997
     
    a)       “A Conversation with Tom Bata” by, Alden G. Lank
    How the Bata family has returned to East and Central Europe.
                   
    b)       “The [Re] – Emergence of Family Businesses in the Transforming Soviet Bloc:  Family Contributions to Entrepreneurship Development in Romania” by, David Pistrui, Harold P. Welsch, and Joseph S. Roberts
    Research on 410 Romanian enterprises that found the family was necessary to strengthen and build the foundation of the entrepreneurial process.
     
    c)       “The [Re] – Generation of Family-Business Entrepreneurship in the Balkans” by, Panikkos Poutziouris, Katherine O’Sullivan, and Lumenita Nicolescu
    Bulgarian and Romanian experiences and policy as they relate to the Greek family-business system
     
    d)       “East Meets West:  Innovative Forms of Foreign Trade Finance Between Italian Family Enterprises and Emerging SMEs in Romania” by, Paul McKibbin and David Pistrui
    Exploration of the characteristics of Western and Eastern European family enterprises through innovative form of trade financing called forfaiting.
     
    e)       “Women Entrepreneurs in Family Business:  The Hungarian Case” by, Robert D. Hisrich and Gyula Fulop
    Similarities and differences between women entrepreneurs and family businesses in Hungary and other countries.
     
    f)        “East Meets a West-German-Multinational Family Firm During Reunification and Transition:  A Personal Voice” by, Johannes Welsch
    Personal reflections on family business during the reunification of East and West Germany.
     
     
  14.  Family Business Review:  Journal of the Family Firm Institute , Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 1997
     
    a)       “Strategic Management of the Family Business:  Past Research and Future Challenges” by, Pramodita Sharma, James F. Chrisman, and Jess H. Chua
    Future research objectives that might contribute to improving management practices and organizational performance of family businesses. 
     
    b)       “Perceptions are Reality:  How Family Meetings Lead to Collective Action” by Timothy G. Habbershon and Joseph H. Astrachan
    Suggestions that family meetings develop unity through the creation of perceived shared beliefs. 
     
    c)       “Non-Market-Based Transfers of Wealth and Power:  A Research Framework for Family Businesses” by, Neil C. Churchill and Kenneth J. Hatten
    Using the life cycle stages, the authors study the transfer of ownership and management power.
     
    d)       “Noren Discount Stores:  Death of a Family Business” by, Steven D. Goldberg
    This is a case study that describes family and business and dynamics that contribute to the rise and fall of a family business.
     
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