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So, farewell then, Nokia. Well, not quite. But the absorption of the Finnish mobile phone giant by Microsoft was a big moment in the story of its decline. It is probably a matter of time before the name is history.
What is it with family offices these days? They appear to be everywhere. But are they really family offices or just private banks in family offices' clothing? The new vogue for the title "family office" could be undermining the credibility of the model.
The Mittelstand is the envy of the world. Other family businesses could profit from looking closely at the way things are done there.
Anxiety about money and fear for their image can drive families to take risks and to diversify like crazy. Outsourcing control is a good idea.
It's official; the west is in decline – as proved by Windows 8. The human race is devolving at a rate of knots into a mess of progress anxiety.
There's some things about business you just can't teach, and family businesses culture is one of them – which is why you should appreciate your next gens.
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