Perfect Plastics was founded in 1969 by Jim Peters to design and manufacture plastic packaging materials for the fast-food industry. The influence of Jim and his family has always been strongly felt throughout all aspects of the company.

Families across Asia have gradually become more professional in managing not only their businesses but their personal wealth and philanthropic interests, as evidenced by the growing number of family offices and family foundations.

Originally from Thailand, Zhi considered himself to be in voluntary exile in London. Years before, he had turned his back on tradition, on his family’s business empire, and on his family, and fled to the West. His father, Liu Hong, had been his mentor but also, in Zhi’s eyes, his tormentor. He had had no option but to free himself from his father’s influence and from the family business.

Harry McNeely Sr started a storage and transport company with his brother-in-law in 1916. Whereas his sons, Don & Harry Jr, were taken into the company, Harry Sr made provision for his two daughters to be financially independent but gave them no stake in the family business.

The A and B case material (included in both the Participants’ Guide and the Facilitator’s Guide) sets the stage for the family succession simulation. In a frank and intimate narrative style, members of the Levy family and their non-family CEO discuss the future of their business.

Alice in Wonderland (A) showed how the new Managing Director of LVV transformed a trucking company from a "fossilized" and "arthritic" minor subsidiary of a Dutch shipping group into a revitalized organization.

This case follows and builds upon the ECCH award-winning 1997 case "British Petroleum, A Study of Transformational Leadership" (INSEAD N° 04/97-4692). This new case briefly reviews Robert Horton and David Simon's leadership styles before moving on to an in-depth look at the John Browne era (1995-2007).

This case study takes the perspective of an elite Air France Club 2000 card-holder who has lost valuable luggage.

In a frank and intimate narrative style, members of the Levy family and their non-family CEO discuss the future of their family business. Roger Levy, founding entrepreneur and chairman of Ilapak, a packaging machine manufacture, has reached retirement age, but is not sure if his son, Guy, or daughter, Sabrina, are prepared to take his place.

In a frank and intimate narrative style, members of the Levy family and their non-family CEO discuss the future of their family business. Roger Levy, founding entrepreneur and chairman of Ilapak, a packaging machine manufacture, has reached retirement age, but is not sure if his son, Guy, or daughter, Sabrina, are prepared to take his place.