Family:Good or Bad for Business?

This first video is a clip on the infamous Adidas company. This business is a family founded and run company. The video goes on to explain how the family coming together really help their company to be successful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQaSKDZAVAs


The link below provides not only text but also a video. These two resources are in the perspective of Jack Connors telling of the importance of management succession and much more. He relates his opinions to his own personal experiences and talks of the values shared...

http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/jan2009/ca20090130_544017.htm


Paul Puckridge explains what succesion management planning is and how to go about it. He goes on to talk about how by having a plan such as this will allow a person/business to be taken more seriously and be given a new level of opportunity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txed8nYbc4I


Although very long, this video is very informative. Jeffrey Sachs, a professor at Columbia University, discusses the levels of ethical standards in business. The only downfall about this video is it does take him a bit to get to the information because it's basically a lecture he gave recored...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOlmr9hWnTk&feature=PlayList&p=14AFE0B8468ECAD8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4


The article is about a person by the name of Pamela Hawley who is a global social entrepreneur. Pamela wants to make a social impact through the Web based marketplaces. Pamela started an organization called UniversalGiving which is a non-profit organization which collects donations and sends it to the project of the donator's choice...

http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/dec2008/ca20081224_387821.htm