Introduction - N Balasubramanian Governance Perspectives in Family Business TransitionsPART ONE: THE INDIAN BUSINESS FAMILYThe Early DaysFamily Business Comes of AgeThe Post-Liberalization EraAnatomy of Business FamiliesCulture, Structure and SuccessionCultural RootsJoint Family System and Family BusinessOrganization Theories and Family BusinessThe Culture of TransciencePART TWO: CASE STUDIESThe Diwakars A Story of a Progenitor and His SonsThe Murthys A Story of a Progenitor and His BrothersThe Tripathis A Story of a Progenitors FamilyIntervention for ChangePART THREE: THE EVOLUTION OF FAMILY BUSINESSA Conceptual FrameworkThe Progenitor and His FamilyFactors Aiding TransitionFragmentationThe Phenomenon of TransitionEntry of Children Changes and ConflictsRole-Taking Processes during TransitionThe Consultants Role and Intervention StrategiesA Culture-Specific Model of Stages in Family BusinessThree-Family Businesses in the Globalization EraA Suggested Approach to Running a Family Business.