普华永道PWC家族企业成功之道英文版14页.pdf

Familyemployment:

howtoensureyourfamily

businessissetupforsuccess

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FamilybusinessesareattheheartofMiddleEast

economiesandcollectivelyemployasubstantial

percentageoftheregionalworkforce.Theyalso

contributetomorethanhalfofthegrossdomestic

product.

BeforetheoutbreakofCOVID-19,our2019

1

FamilyBusinessSurveyrevealedsignsthata

sustainedperiodofhighergrowthlevelswas

beginningtoweakeninresponsetofallingoil

prices.Thepandemichasonlyexacerbatedthe

situation.Morethanhalfofthefamilybusinesses

inour2021MiddleEastFamilyBusinessSurvey

reportedthatCOVID-19hashadanegativeimpact

ontheirsales.2

Inthisenvironment,thereisintensepressure

onfamilybusinessesintheregion,whichare

muchlargerthantheirwesterncounterpartsin

termsoffamilymembers,tomaintainthedouble

digitgrowthratesthatarerequiredtosustain

thestandardoflivingforthenextgenerationof

shareholders.

Toensurefamilyharmony,smoothsuccessionand

continuedgrowth,MiddleEastfamilybusinesses

willneedtoapproachtheirfamilymatterswiththe

samelevelofprofessionalismthatisappliedto

operationaldecisionsandbusinessstrategy.

1MiddleEastFamilyBusinessSurvey2019,PwCMiddleEast,2019,/m1/en/publications/documents/family-business-

survey-2019.pdf

2MiddleEastFamilyBusinessSurvey2021,PwCMiddleEast,2021,/m1/en/publications/family-business-survey/2021/

documents/middle-east-family-business-survey-2021.pdf.

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Challengesfamily

businessesare

facingnow

Our2021MiddleEastFamilyBusinessSurvey

h