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Should Former Leaders Stay Involved in the Family Firm?

Ahrens et al. (2018) researched several hundred family firm succession cases, examining when and under Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Melania Riefolo , Sena Özkara , Jan-Philipp Ahrens and Niloufar Nekouei

How Business Families Can Invest for Social Impact

This framework is grounded in behavioral insights and draws on established research into the motivations Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Cristina Maria Cruz Serrano , Rachida Justo and Jeanne Roche

A Family's Non-Financial Values Shape Its Sustainability Strategy

Based on a survey of 186 Italian family firms, a review of their company archives, and secondary research Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Josh Hsueh , Alfredo De Massis and Luis Gomez-Mejia

Talk With Real Customers Before the Launch

  As online crowdsourcing has shown, people will support a proposed business or cause that moves them. For entrepreneurs, the ability to test a proposed product or service's uniqueness and Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Dan Holland

How Do Owners of Family Business Portfolios Restructure Poorly Performing Firms?

Family business decision-makers can benefit from our research, which shows how timely portfolio restructuring Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Marina Palm , Vanessa Diaz Moriana and Nadine Kammerlander

From Solo to Team: Helping Siblings Maintain Your Valuable Outside Relationships

Here are some of the other key insights from our research Two Types of Successors: Insider and Outsider Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Luis Cisneros , Bérangère Deschamps and Sebastien Geindre

Family Firms: How Much Cash is Enough?

Key Takeaways Our research offers three key takeaways for investors, family business managers, and their Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Yuliya Ponomareva , Domenico Cambrea , Daniel Pittino and Alessandro Minichilli

She Always Gives Her All to the Family Firm -- but He Follows the Leader

Other research has shown that leaders can have a role in inspiring this devotion, especially when they Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Kristen Madison

Playing the Succession Game to Ensure Family Business Continuity

In our research paper published in 2016, we showed how game theory can be used to weigh the tangible Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Shital Jayantilal , Sílvia Jorge and Tomas M. Bañegil Palacios

Will Your In-Laws Help or Hurt Your Family Business?

Our research embraced family systems theory to reflect upon how the entry of an in-law into the family Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Marco Mismetti , Emanuela Rondi and Cristina Bettinelli