Abstract
Most of us assume that growth is good, but that’s not necessarily accurate. When they choose to grow, family businesses need to pursue healthy growth, which means growth that is sustainable and profitable. Growth though can have its dark side. Some family business owners pursue growth for the wrong reasons. They set on a course of expansion and, because they have not planned carefully enough, soon find the business is out of control.
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Pendergast, J.M. (2011). The Myths about Family Business Growth. In: Healthy Growth for the Family Business. A Family Business Publication. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-51260-4_3
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