Reading Materials:

The following is a list of a few additional books that might be of interest to family business owners, and of a magazine which focuses on family businesses.

Aronoff, Craig E., Astrachan, Joseph H. and Ward, John L. (editors) (1996) Family Business Sourcebook II: A Guide for Families Who Own Businesses and the Professionals Who Serve Them. Business Owner Resources, 1220B Kennestone Circle, Marietta, GA 30066. website: www.efamilybusiness.com

This site offers a variety of publications of interest to business owning families.
Here are some topics:

• succession
• using family meetings to build a stronger family and business
• preparing successors for leadership
• how families work together
• compensation
• choosing and using advisors
• financing transitions
• governance
• preparing for strategic change
• making change a tradition
• making sibling teams work
• developing family business policies
• values
• non-family executives
• how to be an effective shareholder in a family business

Small Business Success. This is a magazine focused on helping entrepreneurs succeed. You can get free copies of volumes 1-13 by calling (800) 848-8000.

Family Business: The Magazine for Family Companies. www.familybusinessmagazine.com

Bieneman, James N. (1997) The Horwath International Guide to Total Planning in the Family and Owner Managed Business. Horwath International, 415 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Horwath.com