The Enduring Enterprise

“This is an insightful book that delves into the heart of this issue and documents the strategies and the mindset that leaders everywhere have to learn from family businesses accustomed to successfully navigating the uncertain and turbulent waters of frontier economies.”
 

“When dealing with the present or the future, businesses, family businesses and family offices all need a “tailor made suit” which they need to continuously adjust to rapidly changing conditions as time goes by. In this book you will find the fabric and the patterns needed to customize the right “suit”. We have lived through many turbulent and uncertain conditions depicted in this book and have for generations relied on the strategies documented here.”

"In these pages, Devin DeCiantis and Ivan Lansberg offer novel and illuminating perspectives on the unprecedented trends that are changing our world. They also give us a set of practical ideas on how to navigate this new and turbulent environment. The Enduring Enterprise will become an obligatory reading for leaders in business, government, academia, and the media."

“In an increasingly turbulent era, there is a lot we can learn from successful, multigenerational family businesses, particularly those that have been operating in frontier markets. Devin and Ivan provide a set of insightful and pragmatic perspectives, from understanding and advising many of these successful family businesses.”
 

“Drawing insights from extremophiles and family enterprises thriving in hostile frontier economies, DeCiantis and Lansberg deftly distill seven stabilizing strategies to prosper in an untrusting world marked by increasing uncertainty and volatility. Business leaders and educators will find pragmatic resilience building ideas to fuel enduring success in this well-researched, beautifully crafted, fast-moving, and thought-provoking book.”

“Here is a must-read book by some of the most seasoned students of enduring family businesses that unlocks some of the secrets of their success. It takes us deep into the challenges these companies navigate in dealing with the complexity of doing business in complex and turbulent emerging markets. The clearly outlined insights have relevance for family business leaders as well as others who have to lead their organization through these turbulent times.”