SEARCH RESULTS


Better Let Your Brother Do It: Men Are Still Preferred in CEO Successions

We studied what many other researchers have found and did our own research, through telephone interviews Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Jan-Philipp Ahrens , Melania Riefolo , Annegret Hauer and Katharina Siegert

Next-Gens Want Peers, Not Parents, to Lead Them

They are now the largest living generation, according to the Pew Research Center. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Alessandro Cirillo , Barbara Maggi , Salvatore Sciascia , Valentina Lazzarotti and Federico Visconti

Succession, Money, and Relationships Were Top-10 Topics in 2023

this goal, we are building a platform where expert scholars, advisors and practitioners can share insights Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and Kimberly Eddleston

Should Former Leaders Stay Involved in the Family Firm?

Ahrens et al. (2018) researched several hundred family firm succession cases, examining when and under Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Melania Riefolo , Sena Özkara , Jan-Philipp Ahrens and Niloufar Nekouei

From Solo to Team: Helping Siblings Maintain Your Valuable Outside Relationships

Here are some of the other key insights from our research Two Types of Successors: Insider and Outsider Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Luis Cisneros , Bérangère Deschamps and Sebastien Geindre

Playing the Succession Game to Ensure Family Business Continuity

In our research paper published in 2016, we showed how game theory can be used to weigh the tangible Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Shital Jayantilal , Sílvia Jorge and Tomas M. Bañegil Palacios

The Family Business 'Generation Gap' Can Undermine Success

this interview with Familybusiness.org Editor Kimberly Eddleston, Professor Jaskiewicz explores the insights Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Succession Planning Should Start Earlier Than You Think

Bloemen-Bekx also shares her insights from a rich study of succession among family businesses and the Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Mat Hughes and Mira Bloemen-Bekx

It’s Complicated: Managing Succession in Cases of Divorce and Adoption

 To help families in these situations, we looked at what other researchers have found and unearthed Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Leona Rethmann

Renewing the Empire: A Family Firm's Succession and Refit Journey

Research indicates that only 30% of family firms survive past their founders’ generation (Ahrens, 2020 Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Melania Riefolo , Sena Özkara , Baris Istipliler and Jan-Philipp Ahrens