Celebrating International Women's Day

March 08, 2024 - Issue #109

How Three Women Upheld Family Values and Thrived Despite Adversity How Three Women Upheld Family Values and Thrived Despite Adversity A family's enduring values, fully believed and truly lived, can be a compass in hard times and a competitive advantage.
Better Let Your Brother Do It: Men Are Still Preferred in CEO Successions Better Let Your Brother Do It: Men Are Still Preferred in CEO Successions At 800 German firms, 81% chose sons over daughters in succession decisions -- and the presence of first-born sons also made them exclude outside candidates.
Women on Family Business Boards Shun Layoffs Women on Family Business Boards Shun Layoffs Research showed that women directors valued relationships with all stakeholders and had a long-term view that prioritized workforce security.
Daughter Continues Mom's Legacy of Helping Others Daughter Continues Mom's Legacy of Helping Others Blessings in a Backpack can inspire any family-run business or organization that hopes to continue the founder's spirit and mission in the next generation.
Women Encourage Candor at Family Businesses Women Encourage Candor at Family Businesses A conversation orientation in the family carries over to the business -- especially for women, who are increasingly becoming vocal heroes.
Against the Odds, Women Can Still be Powerful Innovators Against the Odds, Women Can Still be Powerful Innovators When women have an opportunity to work with other women, they are able to overcome cultural gender biases and be innovative together, even in repressive cultures.
Women Show Their Strengths When Family Businesses are in Trouble  Women Show Their Strengths When Family Businesses are in Trouble  Even in countries where men dominate, women proved to be innovators in times of crisis, a Honduras study showed.
Are Women the Superheroes of Family Businesses?
With Women Directors, Strategy Disclosure Decreases Cost of Capital at Family Businesses With Women Directors, Strategy Disclosure Decreases Cost of Capital at Family Businesses Family firms face higher borrowing costs than non-family firms if they disclose strategic information, but having women on their boards helps them narrow the gap.
Why Women CEOs Offer Family Businesses an Entrepreneurial Advantage Why Women CEOs Offer Family Businesses an Entrepreneurial Advantage Family firms, unlike non-family firms, value a learning-based path to entrepreneurship, which plays to women’s strengths.
Be Yourself: Advice For Women in Professional Services Businesses Be Yourself: Advice For Women in Professional Services Businesses Women in finance and other businesses that sell advice can struggle in male-dominated cultures -- but they can flourish in their own businesses. These tips from financial advisors can help.
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The New Family Business Powerhouses: Wives and Moms The New Family Business Powerhouses: Wives and Moms
Becoming the Boss: Advice for Women in Family Businesses Becoming the Boss: Advice for Women in Family Businesses
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Adopting all or even some PE investor strategies can add value and enhance competitiveness, especially when a successor takes over or the company may be sold.  Read more...

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by Tom Rüsen and Monika Nadler / Practice Insight

Different ways of thinking shape how families make decisions, resolve tensions, and pass leadership across generations. Read more...

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by Lin Grensing-Pophal / Features

Handing off a family business to the next generation can be difficult, but it doesn’t have to be. Read more...

Nonfamily CEOs Are Most Vulnerable in the Middle Stage of Their Tenure
by Wei Shen, Cecilia Gu, and Lin-Hua Lu / Research Insight

Family businesses tend to give all CEOs time to prove themselves, but are tougher on outsiders who don’t deliver results after a few years.  Read more...

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Supported by the Richard M Schulze Family Foundation

Supported by the Richard M Schulze Family Foundation