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2007
Family Business Invitational Conference
Best
Practices & New Ideas
The Center
for Family Enterprises at the Kellogg School of Management,
with co-sponsors Northern Trust and McDermott Will & Emery,
hosted a Family Business Invitational Conference in May 2007.
Conference participants represented large, successful, multi-generational,
family businesses in the US and abroad.
The event
explored best practices and new ideas for successful family
businesses and featured presentations, panel discussions and
networking opportunities. Sessions included the latest academic
research in the field of family business; a new case study
on a family firm; and, interactive discussion among conference
attendees via confidential voting machine technology.
The
Kellogg Special Contribution to Family Business Award
is presented annually to a business family making the greatest
contribution to the education of family businesses worldwide.
Past recipients include:
2007
Award Recipient: The Wendel Family of Paris, France,
owners of Wende Investissement, a family enterprise continuously
operating since 1704.
2006
Award Recipient: The Owens Family of Sydney, Australia,
owners of R.O.I. Pty Ltd, is a family-owned securities and
real estate investment firm led by Mr. Richard Owens.
2005
Award Recipient: The Johnson Family of Racine,
Wisconsin, USA, owners of Johnson Family Business Enterprises
that include: SC Johnson, JohnsonDiversey, Johnson Outdoors
and Johnson Financial Services.
2004
Award Recipient: The Bonnier Family of Sweden,
owners of Bonnier Group, financial supporters of Family Business
Network International and founding partners of Family Business
Network of Sweden.
2003
Award Recipient: The Puig Family of Spain, owners
of Corporacion Puig, co-founders of The European Group of
Family Enterprises (GEEF) and Spain's Instituto de la Empresa
Familiar (IEF)
2002
Award Recipient: Philippe and Nan-b Gaspe
Beaubien of Canada, Founders of Telemedia Corporation and
Business Families Foundation.
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