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Roca Corporación Empresarial wins IMD-LODH Distinguished Family Business Award

October 22, 2008

The 13th annual IMD-Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Distinguished Family Business Award has been won by Roca Corporación Empresarial in recognition of its success in blending family and business interests and their exemplary responsibility to their employees and society.

Founded by siblings Matías, Matí, Josep and Ángela Roca in 1917, the Group is a world leader in the production and distribution of bathroom products. Headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, today it has over 22,000 employees worldwide and revenues of about $2.6 billion.

Better built to last longer

January 1, 2006

John Ward is the Wild Group Professor of Family Business at IMD and Professor of Family Enterprises at Kellogg. www.JohnLWard.com

For family firms, the company is more than just a company – it is an institution. In contrast with non-family firms, the purpose of continuity, prudence and proactive adaptability assure continuing family business success, writes John Ward

Winning heritage

November 1, 2005

Foresight and vision have made the Votorantim Group one of the most powerful corporations in Brazil. Joachim Schwass charts the history of the family behind the business and examines the management structures that have helped it to succeed

Joachim Schwass directs the Annual IMD – LODH Distinguished Family Business Award