SEARCH RESULTS

How Family Dynamics Shape Family Businesses

In this interview, Joseph Astrachan – one of the world’s most well-versed experts on dealing with issues pertaining to business families – shares his thoughts on family dynamics and family Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Joseph Astrachan and Claudia Binz Astrachan

Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

Only about a third of family businesses make it to a second generation beyond the founder. Conventional wisdom says that these firms falter because the owners didn’t have a succession Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham

Successful Successions are Never Smooth

Succession is one of the biggest challenges a family business can face. Many business owners and families assume that family business succession planning will be difficult, risky and conflict-prone, Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan