Enabling Next Generation Legacies
35 Questions that Next Generation Members in Enterprising Families Ask
Peter Jaskiewicz & Sabine B. Rau
"... this is much more than a book. It is a practical guide ... on how to tackle difficult issues that Next Gens face daily."
—Alexis du Roy de Blicquy
CEO, Family Business Network (FBN) (Switzerland) 
Endorsements
“The highly relevant questions asked by Next Gen family members from around the world … make not only Next Gens but also the older generation in charge reflect on the future success factors of their enterprises.”
—Dr. Alfred Oetker
Vice Chairman, Advisory Board Dr. August Oetker KG (Germany)
About
The next generation is our future.
Leading academics, practitioners, and enterprising families come together to answer the most pressing thirty-five questions of Next Generation members in a short and concise, yet competent way. To empower Next Generation legacies, the authors share best practices, real-life examples, and critical questions for reflection.
Preview - Table of Contents
This book is like a buffet: on four tables, 35 different appetizers.
We recommend that you sample some appetizers at a time and come back to the buffet to taste others later on. We further recommend that you do not stop at the appetizers. This book offers over 150 additional references and over 100 questions for further reflection that could be your main course.
Preview - "We Are Living All Over the World"
What Can We Do to Help Keep the Family Together?
Response by Christine Blondel, France
With an increasing number of family members studying and sometimes settling abroad, keeping the family together can be a challenge … Do we make the effort?… and which efforts can we make? What can we do to help keep the family together?
"This very helpful book is a gift to next generation members of enterprising families. Each chapter is a gem and collectively, it is a must-read."
—John Davis
Faculty Head, Family Enterprise Programs, MIT Sloan School of Management (United States)
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Peter and Sabine have chosen to pay forward the Telfer School of Management’s investment in this project by donating their book royalties to a Telfer fund, helping students in need.
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"Solving a problem often starts by asking the right question. This book is a great source of inspiration and a true repository of knowledge providing international perspectives—not only for Next Gens but for everyone engaged in a family business."
—Markus Langes-Swarovski
President of the Board of Directors and Member of the Advisory Board, Swarovski (Austria)
Meet the Authors
Peter Jaskiewicz
Peter was born into a business family in Poland and grew up in Germany. Wanting to understand why succession failed in his family’s business, Peter researched family businesses during both his doctoral studies at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel, and while visiting INSEAD, Fontainebleau, and IESE Business School, Barcelona. Today, he is a full professor of family business at the Telfer School of Management in Ottawa, where he holds a University Research Chair in Enduring Entrepreneurship and leads Telfer’s family enterprise initiative.
Sabine B. Rau
Sabine is one of the most renowned experts on moderating succession processes and co-creating family constitutions (also called family protocols) in Germany, as well as abroad. Born into a family with a family business, she was inspired to study management. During her management studies, she realized that family businesses, and their specific questions, were not part of the management curriculum. With the aim to teach family business at universities, Sabine drew from relevant and rigorous research to help her build a family business center at the European Business School (EBS) at Oestrich-Winkel—a leading business school in Germany.