ISB Hyderabad to Host
First Asian Conference on Family Business
February 1-3, 2008
The Indian School of Business (ISB)
is organising the First Asian Conference on Family Business from February
1-3, 2008, at the ISB Campus, Hyderabad. The conference is being organised under
the aegis of the Thomas Schmidheiny Chair of Family Business & Wealth
Management with the theme �Sustaining Growth in Family Business�.
Participating in this conference are eminent business leaders from successful
family-owned businesses from across Asia, along with leading academicians and
researchers from several countries.
Prominent participants include
Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group, Mallika Srinivasan.
Director, TAFE, G. V. Prasad, CEO, Dr. Reddy�s Labs,
Ashwin Choksi, Chairman, Asian Paints, Sunil Kant Munjal,
Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Ltd., Pramath Sinha, Founder &
MD, 9.9 Media, Cyril S. Shroff, Managing Partner, Amarchand &
Mangaldas, and several others from India besides prominent heads of family
businesses from Sri Lanka, Middle East, Kenya and Switzerland. They will share
their experiences in successfully leading and managing their businesses.
Speaking about the importance of
such a conference, Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group and Executive Board
Member, ISB, said, "Family Businesses are at the core of India�s extraordinary
economic growth. I am delighted that the ISB is holding a research-based
International Conference on Family Business."
Commenting on the significance of
the conference, Prof. M. Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB, said, "Family
businesses have been contributing almost 70% of the GDP in several countries.
They face several unique challenges that have not been addressed, especially in
the Asian region. This conference will bring together the rich experiences of
family business leaders, professional executives, and academicians. It will help
business leaders to understand how to build and strengthen a successful business
across generations."
The conference will also host a
research meet of leading academicians from countries such as China, Singapore,
Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, USA and Europe, besides India.
They will discuss and debate on the emerging trends in family business across
different cultures.
The conference will focus on the
following themes: -
Family Business Research
Leadership Challenges
Professionalisation Challenges
Family Governance
Mentoring / Coaching CEOs and the
Next Generation
Explaining the relevance of the
research in the area of family business, Prof. K Ramachandran, Associate
Dean, Academic Programmes and Thomas Schmidheiny Fellow of Family Business and
Wealth Management, ISB, said, "We have concluding evidence that with
appropriate governing mechanisms and timely actions, family businesses can
sustain themselves and prosper. The ISB has pioneered comprehensive research in
this area and. aspires to become a knowledge partner for the industry by
creating a strong research base on family businesses, with a special focus on
emerging economies."
The Thomas Schmidheiny Chair
of Family Business & Wealth Management at the ISB is the First Research
Chair on family business in the country. It conducts research, training and
teaching in the area of family business. The Chair is the India partner for a
global study on sustaining entrepreneurship across generations in family
businesses. It offers courses in family business for the post graduate programme
and also conducts executive education programmes.
