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One of the key concerns for family businesses is continuity. Unlike non-family firms, many family businesses display a longevity that may span over centuries. In order to survive such long periods, Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Wojciech Czakon , Monika Hajdas and Joanna Radomska
The challenges entrepreneurs face seem daunting. A global pandemic, rising inflation, and a spate of other problems have entrepreneurs reeling. To add to the mix of problems entrepreneurs face, Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Joseph Simpson
Around the globe, family businesses are grappling with the effects of inflation, now at its highest level in 40 years. A recent NFIB report noted that over 30% of business owners feel inflation is Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Second in a two-part series. Read Part 1 here . To understand why building a robust supply chain management capability is important, small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners need Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: David Johnston
Even as we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel, a number of new problems are just around the bend. Will you be able to retain your top talent from joining the great resignation? Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Daniel Forbes and Kimberly Eddleston
The end of the year is typically a time to for EIX and familybusiness.org to showcase their best-read articles from the past year in several broad themes: evaluating opportunities, financing, Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Daniel Forbes
These are turbulent times. Battered from the pandemic’s economic hardship, and following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, citizens of all races, ages and other Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Angelo Perryman , Torsten Pieper and Howard Stevenson
Entrepreneurs often face critical decisions for their firms in the midst of considerable uncertainty and great risk. Effective crisis management requires that decision makers make choices even when Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Jamie D. Collins
As family business leaders are forced to deal with COVID-19, Winston Churchill’s advice comes to mind: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” This suggests that as family firms Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
EDITOR'S NOTE: This very popular article, published in 2020 during the height of the pandemic, includes timeless advice for helping startups, small businesses and family firms learn from adversity Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Dave Ketchen and Christopher Craighead