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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

Founders: Let Next-Gens be Entrepreneurial

family firm's longevity depends on fresh approaches to doing business, but all too often these fresh insights Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Assessments Can Help Develop Family Business Leaders

Collecting Data for Better Decision Making While simply talking with stakeholders can always provide good insights Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Doug Gray, PhD

Parental Divorce Affects Future Entrepreneurial Success

Our research confirmed our assumptions. What We Studied We used secondary data from the U.S. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Mateja Andric , Josh Hsueh , Thomas Zellweger and Isabella Hatak

Developing Your Business Family Strategy: Where to Start and What to Consider

For over 20 years, we at WIFU[1] have been doing research and consulting with long-lasting business families Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Isabel C Botero , Arist von Schlippe and Torsten Groth

Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

Based on this research the following hypotheses are put forth. Hypothesis 4a. Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham

How the Right Mix of Employee Incentives Fosters Innovation

But our research has found that having the right incentives in place encourages employees at family firms Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Elisa Villani , Christian Linder , Alfredo De Massis and Kimberly Eddleston

Diverse Boards Help Family Businesses Expand Internationally

  While some researchers have studied how boards of directors can help a family become more openminded Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Claudia Pongelli , Antonio Majocchi , Jonathan Bauweraerts , Salvatore Sciascia , Matteo Giuliano Caroli and Alain Verbeke

Why Prominent Business Families Dive Into Politics

Along with fellow researchers Patricio Duran and Michael Carney, I studied their motivations by looking Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Marcelo Ortiz M.

Helping Next-Gens Envision Their Family Firm’s Future Success

Empathize: This phase involves immersing oneself in the affected individual’s world to gain empathy and insight Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Friedrich Kammerlander