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Many people assume that when a family business honors its past, it can’t focus on the future. But our research has found that having the right incentives in place encourages employees at family Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Elisa Villani , Christian Linder , Alfredo De Massis and Kimberly Eddleston
Strong emotional bonds between family members underpin the success of family businesses. But all too often, being emotionally or geographically distant can weaken those bonds and undermine the Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
e-Fest®, our annual business idea competition for undergraduates, returns April 18-20, 2024. If you're a professor or advisor to students in an entrepreneurship program at an accredited US-based Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Jennifer Gessner
EDITOR'S NOTE: FamilyBusiness.org Senior Editor and EIX contributor Mat Hughes spoke with leading AI researcher and innovation expert Paavo Ritala on how new generative AI technologies like ChatGPT Read More...
Category: Interviews
Authors: Mat Hughes and Paavo Ritala
Generative AI technologies like Chat GPT can change knowledge work and improve business functioning, allowing us to grow the business, innovate and create wealth. FamilyBusiness.org Senior Read More...
Category: Interviews
Authors: Mat Hughes and Paavo Ritala
Editor’s note: Prof. Carton is an expert on strategy frameworks. He is especially interested in how strategy ideas develop over time and how they get used and shared in organizations. In this Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Guillaume Carton
We’ve seen the remarkable impact of in-laws on famous family businesses, for better or worse. Examples include the infamous Gucci family feud between Maurizio Gucci and his wife Patrizia Reggiani, Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Marco Mismetti , Emanuela Rondi and Cristina Bettinelli
Fintech is an increasingly important innovation for businesses across the world. Fintech broadly refers to technologies that enable banking and financial services. As fintech has the power to diffuse Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Arzi Adbi and Siddharth Natarajan
Publicly traded family firms may attract all sorts of investors from outside the family. And like other publicly traded firms, they sometimes attract activist hedge funds, whose primary purpose often Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Matthias G. Leute , Yannick Bammens , Martin Carree and Jolien Huybrechts
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, co-founders of Apple Inc. | Credit: Getty EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of Lessons from Leaders, a Next Avenue initiative made possible by Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Chris Farrell