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Many entrepreneurs launch a venture with great certainty, passion, and grand hopes for the future. However, at some point the dream begins to dim. They might receive negative feedback about their Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Vincent DeFilippo
This case study invites students to identify the underlying issues, stakes, and potential pathways forward for a troubled family office. Students also explore problems surrounding the evolution of Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Torsten Pieper and Claudia Binz Astrachan
In 2001, Zara (INDITEX) noticed that black t-shirts had disappeared from its store shelves after the Twin Towers attack and rushed to replenish them. How was Zara able to meet this unplanned demand? Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Author: Yoel Asseraf
Around the world, women have always been part of family businesses. However, little is known about how they affect the continuity of family firms in certain areas of the world, especially patriarchal Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Allan Discua Cruz , Eleanor Hamilton , Giovanna Campopiano and Sarah Jack
For better or worse, our genetics and childhood experiences spill into our adult lives -- and in the case of family businesses, they affect how we view our family coworkers and the wealth our Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
From small shops to large multinational corporations, family-owned firms are the anchoring organization in our society. They are pervasive, expanding, and a core employer of human capital and Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: R. Adam Smith
Editor’s note: This article is part of Navigating Change, a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX . Many experienced workers in the second Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Chris Farrell
FamilyBusiness.org Senior Editor Mat Hughes recently appeared on R. Adam Smith’s LinkedIn channel to talk about a challenge that all family businesses face: the pull between the passions and Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Mat Hughes and R. Adam Smith
Meet Jean-Paul Nageri, the son to a banana farmer in Uganda. During the early-2020 harvest, JP's dad planned to use a middleman for distribution, but the deal fell through, leaving him with one acre Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Margaret Ntambi and Ona Aliakai
Entrepreneurship teachers can't afford to be bystanders in today's technology-driven world. If we are bystanders, our students follow suit. If they are bystanders, we have not fulfilled our Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Doan Winkel