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While family members running a business together often lean on one another for advice, they can often learn best from people running other family businesses. Family business centers around the Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
From ancient Mesopotamia through the onset of the Industrial Revolution, craft-based industries have been a path to prosperity. Today, craft-based ventures attract a growing number of consumers who Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Stanislav Dobrev and Cameron Verhaal
In our work with business families, we encounter a wide range of approaches for establishing financial targets and making financial business decisions. Interestingly, such practices often diverge Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan and Anneleen Michiels
Like millions of Americans, Steve Powell was a caregiver for his aging parents. "My mother and father both had a chronic falling problem," the former tech worker said in a phone interview. "It got to Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Erin Jay
FamilyBusiness.org Editor-in-Chief Kimberly Eddleston talks with two sets of twins working in their families' consulting firms -- Jenny Dinnen and Katie Rucker of MacKenzie Corporation , and James Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Creating a board of directors is not a one and done activity. As a business grows and the business environment evolves, boards often need to be revitalized and transformed to adjust to the new Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Joseph Giglio and John Friar
Adam looked at the customer standing at the counter in the wine cellar in disbelief. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He found the customer’s comments to be slightly rude. Adam felt anger Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Dr. Ayoosha Saleem , Francesco Barbera , Simon de Jong and Arvid Hoffmann
This month, the EIX platform marks its 10 th anniversary. Along with our anniversary, we are also celebrating a milestone in viewership: We will achieve 12 million page views for the academic year Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Jon Eckhardt
Left to right: Laura Dunham, Dean of the Opus College of Business; Rob Vischer, President of the University of St. Thomas; Grand Champions Vienna Sparks and Skye Lam of the MabLab team from Harvard Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Jennifer Gessner
Richard M. Schulze, Founder and retired CEO of Best Buy, sat down on April 19 with EIX Founding Editor Jim Wetherbe (at left) to discuss the 10 th anniversary of the first EIX home page. EIX was Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Catherine Buday