The Inescapable Influence of Money on the Family Enterprise
Money, its definition and use, is confusing and not well understood. Ask ten people to define money and most likely you'll come up with ten different responses. This makes it difficult to understand and appreciate how it is the foundation that supports the family enterprise system. In many family enterprises, whoever earns the money, and/or whoever controls it, dictates the fate of the family and, therefore, the business. To understand money, is to understand how the family is controlled and by whom.