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Conflicts That Plague Family Businesses

By Harry Levinson — 1971

The job of operating a family-owned company is often grievously complicated by friction arising from rivalries involving a father and his son, brothers, or other family members who hold positions in the business, or at least derive income from it

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Family Dynamics