The Economist (November 1)
2014/ 11/ 02 by jd in Global News
“Leading students of capitalism have been pronouncing the death rites of family companies for decades” and yet these firms continue to thrive. Indeed, “the proportion of Fortune 500 companies that can be described as family companies increased from 15% in 2005 to 19% today.” One reason for their resilience is that family firms “have got better at addressing their obvious weaknesses.”
Tags: Capitalism, Family companies, Fortune 500, Resilience, Weaknesses
