This case describes a nineteenth-century founder Werner Siemens Siemens electric business in Germany. The dual role of Werner, as the inventor and entrepreneur to learn how he created one of the first multinational companies in the world, the growth of which is initially at rest on its leading role in the new branch telegraph. Werner sent his brother to open a business in the UK and Russia, and it examines the advantages and disadvantages of family business as a form of organization as well as the growing problems this creates for companies such family. "Hide
by Jeffrey J. Jones, Bjorn von Siemens Source: Harvard Business School 26 pages. Publication Date: July 5, 2010. Prod. #: 811004-PDF-ENG
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