李锦记世袭五代秘籍

Lee Kum Kee:The Secret for Century-old Business Legend

在中国,家族企业有"富不过三代"的说法,内地的民营企业显然也明白其中的困难。其实,企业和财富本身并不是惟一值得传承的,能够不断传承下去的核心是家族的精神和价值观。

As the saying goes,'wealth does not pass three generations',the Chinese entrepreneurs of private companies may know too well about the difficulty in passing on the wealth from generation to generation.According to the research by a family enterprise school in the U.S.A.,about 70% of the family enterprises fail to be passed onto the next generation,88% fail to the third generation,and merely 3% succeed in continuing the business operation to the fourth generation.However,Lee Kum Kee Group,a family enterprise in Hong Kong,is thriving in the hands of the fourth generation.The Lee family has established a set of unique family core values,which is to 'consider others' interests'.In 2003,Lee Kum Kee set up the Family Learning and Development Committee,a communication platform intended to avoid possible family break-up.They rarely talk about the business operation at the family meeting,but about family rules,values and visions.This turns out to be a good opportunity for the family members to communicate with each other,a good way for the fifth generation to learn about the family mission and the business.