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The Potential Downside of Having Non-Family Board Members

companies where the board met infrequently and where the CEO wanted to keep tight control over operations Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Alfredo De Massis

How Family Firms Can Ensure Being Sustainable Pays Off

One of the greatest challenges today for any firm is to operate a sustainable business model. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Adrian Stutz , Sabrina Schell and Andreas Hack

Should Family Businesses Have Employee Ownership Plans?

In practice, trustees do not want to get involved in company operations but focus instead on making sure Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Corey Rosen

Helicopter Parenting Can Hurt Future Family Business Leaders

  Diana Clark, Chief of Clinical Operations at the O'Connell Professional Group, spoke recently Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How Families Can Run Their Businesses With Both Head and Heart

Employee compensation at family firms and the signals it sends about what’s important How continuous operational Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and R. Adam Smith

Diversify Your Family's Risks by Returning to Its Entrepreneurial Roots

the family’s wealth can lead to underinvestment in the existing firm, shortchanging investment in operations Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

Wealth Can be Hazardous to Future Family Business Leaders

Family Business Senior Editor Kimberly Eddleston recently interviewed Diana Clark, Chief of Clinical Operations Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

5 Benefits of Having a Multigenerational Family Business

business grows and evolves, it begins to benefit from the many generations running the day-to-day operations Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Jessica Thiefels

Family Business Succession Planning: 10 Golden Rules

When issues of succession arise, families tend to concentrate on the operating business, since it demands Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Torsten Groth and Arist von Schlippe

Family Businesses Can Help One Another

cover rent, to compensate employees, and to pay utilities, among many other issues, in the face of operating Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Theodore L. Waldron and James C Wetherbe