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The Biggest Mistakes Family Businesses Make With Their Boards

Family business researcher, lecturer, and advisor Claudia Binz Astrachan has studied first-hand how effective Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

A Family Firm Can Be Both an Innovator and a Great Place to Work

Yet research by Kammerlander and van Essen (2017)has shown that family firms are among the most innovative Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Ruth Überbacher , Leopold von Schlenk-Barnsdorf , Alfredo De Massis and Marcel Hülsbeck

How Family Firms Help Non-Family Employees Feel Like Family

Our research indicates that a proactive CSR strategy improves non-family employees’ perception of the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Peter Jaskiewicz , Josh Hsueh , Elizabeth Tetzlaff and Giovanna Campopiano

Developing Competent Owners and Stewards for a Lasting Family Business

Ownership education may be limited because we have so little research on ownership competence and what Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

Dealing with Inflation: Advice From the Experts

For example, as my research shows, family businesses can leverage their family’s history to establish Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

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

They must do the research before initiating the venture. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

How Family Firms Can Prevent (or Cool Down) Sibling Rivalries

advice of acclaimed Northeastern University professor of applied psychology, Laurie Kramer, whose research Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Jonas Ruzek and Kimberly Eddleston

Why Family Firms Are Like Jenga

There are good ideas, and those good ideas are derived from research and other families, but the best Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Family Business Experts: How to Survive the Holidays Intact

Gallen, and Director of the Swiss Research Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (KMU-HSG) Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

The 'Fredo Factor:' How Deadbeats and Troublemakers Hurt Family Businesses

Research also explains how adult children’s relationship and bonds with parents spill into the working Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Kimberly Eddleston