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Billionaire's Curse: Gun-based Succession Planning for a Bangkok Market

By  Morten Bennedsen,  Brian Henry,  Yupana Wiwattanakantang
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The case highlights the infighting within a Thai family who own and operate a fresh-food market stall business in Bangkok. The case explores the depths to which the Thammawattana dynasty sank in order to keep control of a profitable cash-in-hand business that had made the matriarch, Suwapee Thammawattana, a billionaire by the time of her death at age 65.

    Published 24 Mar 2016

    Reference 6195

    Topic Family Business

    Region Asia

    Industry Food and Beverages Production,  Tobacco

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    Billionaire's Curse: Gun-based Succession Planning for a Bangkok Market

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    The case highlights the infighting within a Thai family who own and operate a fresh-food market stall business in Bangkok. The case explores the depths to which the Thammawattana dynasty sank in order to keep control of a profitable cash-in-hand business that had made the matriarch, Suwapee Thammawattana, a billionaire by the time of her death at age 65.
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      Cargill: The World's Largest Family Business - Planning for the Business, Planning for the Family

      By  Randel Carlock
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      Founded in 1865, Cargill one of the world's largest family businesses but has faced several challenges as it transitions from generation to generation. Business succession is complicated by the involvement of two families; the Cargills and their in-laws the MacMillans. A difficult transition to an in-law in the early 1900s eventually resulted in the Cargills losing control.

        Published 22 Apr 2016

        Reference 6191

        Topic Family Business

        Region North America

        Industry Food and Beverages Production

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        Cargill: The World's Largest Family Business - Planning for the Business, Planning for the Family

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        Founded in 1865, Cargill one of the world's largest family businesses but has faced several challenges as it transitions from generation to generation. Business succession is complicated by the involvement of two families; the Cargills and their in-laws the MacMillans. A difficult transition to an in-law in the early 1900s eventually resulted in the Cargills losing control.
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          The Chocolate Factory (A)

          By  Morten Bennedsen,  Deborah Cadbury
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          The first of this two-part case, “Principled Capitalism”, analyses the unique values-based leadership practised for 186 years by the Cadbury owners, particularly how its strongly Quaker-inspired leaders developed a unique socially-engaged form of capitalism. Through the history of the Cadbury family, it describes the global development of the chocolate industry.

            Published 27 Jul 2015

            Reference 5986

            Topic Family Business

            Region Europe

            Industry Food and Beverages Production

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            The Chocolate Factory (A)

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            The first of this two-part case, “Principled Capitalism”, analyses the unique values-based leadership practised for 186 years by the Cadbury owners, particularly how its strongly Quaker-inspired leaders developed a unique socially-engaged form of capitalism. Through the history of the Cadbury family, it describes the global development of the chocolate industry.
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              The Chocolate Factory (B): ‘Sold for 20p’

              By  Morten Bennedsen,  Deborah Cadbury
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              The first of this two-part case, “Principled Capitalism”, analyses the unique values-based leadership practised for 186 years by the Cadbury owners, particularly how its strongly Quaker-inspired leaders developed a unique socially-engaged form of capitalism. Through the history of the Cadbury family, it describes the global development of the chocolate industry.

                Published 27 Jul 2015

                Reference 5986

                Topic Family Business

                Region Europe

                Industry Food and Beverages Production

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                The Chocolate Factory (B): ‘Sold for 20p’

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                The first of this two-part case, “Principled Capitalism”, analyses the unique values-based leadership practised for 186 years by the Cadbury owners, particularly how its strongly Quaker-inspired leaders developed a unique socially-engaged form of capitalism. Through the history of the Cadbury family, it describes the global development of the chocolate industry.
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