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How Family Firms Help Non-Family Employees Feel Like Family

Business families tend to put family members in strategic management positions and aim to pass on the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

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

The Biggest Mistakes Family Businesses Make With Their Boards

Claudia Binz Astrachan has studied first-hand how effective boards of directors steer family business management Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Falling from Grace: How Scandals Affect Family Businesses

Family-based brands can also make customer relations easier to manage and strengthen the competitive Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Carlotta Benedetti , Cristina Bettinelli and Alfredo De Massis

Advice for Family Business Successors: Be Humble and Curious

  David Bentall found out the hard way that his leadership of his family's construction and real estate firm wasn't working: his own uncle removed him from the company. Losing his job was a Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

One Family, Multiple Businesses: Preserving Harmony and Profits

, ambitious family member may want to launch a new venture, or a problematic relative may need to manage Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How Family Firms Can Ensure Being Sustainable Pays Off

However, our research also shows that many individuals struggle to identify a family firm as actually managed Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Adrian Stutz , Sabrina Schell and Andreas Hack

Successful Successions are Never Smooth

Prepare Current and Future Leaders Timing is critical when managing change in top management. Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

Assessments Can Help Develop Family Business Leaders

detailed report summarizing the feedback from seven different rater groups (e.g., owners, board, managers Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Doug Gray, PhD

Why Don't You Educate Your Owners?

Everyone agrees that having owners who understand finance and strategy, know how to communicate, and can manage Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Claudia Binz Astrachan and Ruth Orenstrat

How Families Can Run Their Businesses With Both Head and Heart

He's a managing director at Salomon Brothers, one of the world’s most respected Wall Street firms. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and R. Adam Smith