Consulting to Family Businesses: Contracting, Assessment, and Implementation » (New Edition)

Jane Hilburt-Davis is a founding principal of Key Resources, a consulting group firm that specialized in working with family and closely-held businesses. Recognized as a leader in the field of family businesses, she also co-founded the Cambridge Center for Creative Enterprise, an award-winning training and research institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

W. Gibb Dyer is the O. Leslie Stone Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. Dyer is a recognized authority on family business and entrepreneurship. He has been featured in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Inc., The New York Times, and Nation's Business.

A systematic approach is presented here for consulting with family businesses. The consulting framework used is based on the traditional organization development methodology of action research, while introducing new ideas from the body of knowledge on family businesses. Chapters show how to manage each stage of the consulting process and reveal how to plan strategically and deal with the complex relationship issues that are common in family businesses. Hilburt- Davis is founder of a consulting group that specializes in working with family businesses. Dyer is professor of entrepreneurship in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR