Issue No. 10 :: Terrain

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Contents – June 2025

Editorial

Letter from the Editor

Terrain

Intellectual Terrain

Social Terrain

Aesthetic Terrain

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Stylized illustration of a person with short hair and sunglasses sitting indoors, looking out a window at a house in a golden field under a starry sky.

A retro-style illustration of a woman in a yellow blouse and checkered skirt, wearing headphones, standing in a gallery room with walls covered in framed artwork. She is surrounded by butterflies in mid-flight, adding a whimsical element to the scene.

A retro-style illustration of a boy joyfully leaping over a tall candle with a flame, set against a bold red background with sparkling stars surrounding him.

Vintage-style portrait of a woman in red looking suspiciously over her shoulder, flanked by two stern older men in suits, with a faded beige and teal color scheme.

Editorial

Letter from the Editor

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’m not sure why “terrain” is among my random thoughts. I think it’s about location. I’m always randomly wondering about my own position in the terrain — whether it’s geographic, intellectual, philosophical, aesthetic, etc. What is the “lay of the land?” What am I missing? For what am I equipped?

In this issue of Olive, I’m starting with intellectual terrain. Please read the article, “Theories and Models in Family Enterprise Advising,” co-authored with Patricia Annino, as we review the intellectual terrain of theories and models in the family enterprise field. This article is a chapter in Business Families and Family Businesses, a book published by Globe Law, and Business Ltd.

Intellectual Terrain

Theories and Models in Family Enterprise Advising

Patricia Annino
Rimon Law

Judy Green
Family Firm Institute Inc; Green Associates LLC

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n the late 1980s, the introduction of the family enterprise as a field separate from entrepreneurship marked a change in the way multi-generational family enterprises were looked at, from both science and social science perspectives. Since then, a field of practice and/or professional discipline for advisers and consultants has evolved in parallel with increased understanding and research on the family enterprises themselves.

This new profession has identified, developed and espoused certain theories, models and terminologies to further articulate the skills and knowledge that professionals from related disciplines (e.g., law, finance and behavioural and management science) should be aware of and conversant in, before they step out of or add to their profession of origin and engage with multi-generational family enterprise clients.

Social Terrain

Social Terrain: 10 Rules for Dinner Parties

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mmanuel Kant had clear views on what makes a successful dinner party. Social eating, according to Kant, gives the intellect relaxation and room to recuperate while not letting it come to a standstill.

In fact, Kant thought that dining alone was a bad idea which encouraged “intellectual self-gnawing” and, in the extreme, even pathological conditions — literal or figurative hypochondria. Even insanity!

According to Kant, the benefits of social eating (dinner parties) are not automatic, but social eating allows one to find a healthy middle way between minimum and maximum amounts of thinking.

Aesthetic Terrain

Aesthetic Terrain:
Five Line Poems

By Olive

Cinquains