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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

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: Applied and Practice

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

How Famous Family Firms Use Their History to Connect With Stakeholders

In many multi-generational family firms, younger generations and business managers feel a sense of legacy Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Luca Manelli , Vittoria Magrelli , Josip Kotlar , Federico Frattini and Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli

How Three Women Upheld Family Values and Thrived Despite Adversity

Bulgarian women, they found a way to thrive as entrepreneurs: over a third of company owners and managers Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Boyka Simeonova and Mat Hughes

How to Plan for a Successful Succession

them personally or for their family and how that intersects with the business,” said David Neubert, managing Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Richard Eisenberg

How Family Dynamics Shape Family Businesses

They can cause family fights and bad feelings for several generations unless they actively managed and Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Joseph Astrachan and Claudia Binz Astrachan

New Ways Business Owners Can Use Boards

He points out that boards can help family firms align and balance the interests of owners and managers Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston