{"id":844,"date":"2018-06-22T02:54:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T02:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/centre-for-family-enterprise\/?p=844"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:38:51","slug":"what-can-all-business-learn-from-family-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/centre-for-family-enterprise\/2018\/06\/22\/what-can-all-business-learn-from-family-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can All Business Learn From Family Businesses?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"divtagdefaultwrapper\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li>The state-of-the-art technology with international standards may make you believe the facility belongs to an MNC. In fact, it is an indigenous enterprise of the Jobanputra family, led by the young scion, Raaj Jobanputra.\n<div>Meet JWL Group&#8217;s Raaj Jobanputra, the gen-next scion who likes to play it cool &#8211;\u00a0<a id=\"LPlnk832725\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/64657679.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppst\">\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/64657679.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppst<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Family businesses are not immature businesses trying to become mature public companies. They are businesses built within a family, allowing for business practices that non-family public companies find difficult. Even\u00a0as\u00a0major shareholders in a public company, family owners tend to act differently than unrelated shareholders.\u00a0What Can All Business Learn From Family Businesses? &#8211;<a id=\"LPlnk918414\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dennisjaffe\/2018\/06\/15\/what-can-all-business-learn-from-family-businesses\/#214546c075eb\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dennisjaffe\/2018\/06\/15\/what-can-all-business-learn-from-family-businesses\/#214546c075eb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t threaten independent directors &#8211;\u00a0<a id=\"LPlnk278903\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/opinion\/don-t-threaten-independent-directors-118061800010_1.html\">https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/opinion\/don-t-threaten-independent-directors-118061800010_1.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"divtagdefaultwrapper\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li>Stanford done, now Isha Ambani to join family business &#8211;<a id=\"LPlnk588118\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/family-business\">https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/family-business<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state-of-the-art technology with international standards may make you believe the facility belongs to an MNC. 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