Understanding the Caribbean Enterprise

Lawrence A. Nicholson is a lecturer and Head of the Decision Sciences and Information System Unit at the Mona School of Business and Management, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica.  He holds a PhD. in Decision and Information Sciences and has published in the areas of supply chain management and family-owned businesses.  Jonathan G. Lashley is a Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at The University of the West Indies, Barbados, and he holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Leicester, UK. His research centres on issues related to sustainable socio-economic development, and his work has been published both regionally and internationally.

Chapter 1- Introduction.- Chapters 2 - A Historical Perspective of FOBs in the English Speaking Caribbean.- Chapter 3 –Succession Planning - the Caribbean Approach.- Chapter 4 -The Financial Landscape of FOBs in the ESC.- Chapter 5 - Supply Chain (SC) and Emerging Issues of FOBs in the ESC.- Chapter 6 - FOBs and the Dynamics of Marketing.- Chapter 7 - Conclusions and The Way Forward.