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Family Offices: The Sober Guardians of Family Wealth

Family businesses, and the wealth they create, are run by human beings, who can be impulsive. When the wealth is substantial, often an impartial third party is the best choice to manage this wealth

Category: Interviews

Author:

Kimberly Eddleston

'Succession' Hits Close to Home at Family Firms

HBO The HBO hit series "Succession" -- detailing the backstabbing, jealousy and double-dealing at the fictitious family-run media empire Waystar Royco --has won several Emmys and attracted millions

Category: Interviews

Author:

Kimberly Eddleston

One Family, Multiple Businesses: Preserving Harmony and Profits

For business or emotional reasons, sometimes one family ends up with more than one business under its umbrella. An entrepreneurial, ambitious family member may want to launch a new venture, or

Category: Interviews

Author:

Kimberly Eddleston

Assessments Can Help Develop Family Business Leaders

Assessments, tests, and evaluations are being used more routinely in businesses, and new tools are coming on the market designed specifically for family firms. In our consulting work with families

Category: Practice Insight

Author:

Doug Gray, PhD

Diverse Boards Help Family Businesses Expand Internationally

Expanding into other countries can open up new opportunities and revenue streams for all kinds of businesses around the world. This is especially true within the European Union, where products can

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Claudia Pongelli , Antonio Majocchi , Jonathan Bauweraerts , Salvatore Sciascia , Matteo Giuliano Caroli and

Alain Verbeke

New Ways Business Owners Can Use Boards

While boards of directors are common at large firms and nonprofits, family businesses don't always see their value or understand how to use them well. However, according to consultant

Category: Commentary

Author:

Kimberly Eddleston

Developing Your Business Family Strategy: Where to Start and What to Consider

Successful, long-lasting business families share an understanding of what is important to them, what they want to do together, and how they want to work together to achieve their collective goals and

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Isabel C Botero , Arist von Schlippe and

Torsten Groth

'CHAOS' Brings Order to Family Businesses

Many people make the mistake of thinking that family businesses are simple businesses. Nothing could be further from the truth. The coexistence of two systems with differing ways of thinking—the

Category: Commentary

Author:

Salvatore Sciascia

Should Family Businesses Have Employee Ownership Plans?

Like almost all family businesses, Commercial Casework in Hayward, California had to plan for when family owners would want to sell. The company, with about 100 employees, is one of the San Francisco

Category: Commentary

Author:

Corey Rosen

Women Can Help Family Firms Innovate – but Socioemotional Factors Matter

Around Europe and elsewhere, the number of women in leadership roles is going up, and they are having a measurable impact on innovation and profits. Many researchers have found that having more women

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Jonathan Bauweraerts , Emanuela Rondi , Paola Rovelli , Alfredo De Massis and

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Family Offices: The Sober Guardians of Family Wealth

'Succession' Hits Close to Home at Family Firms

One Family, Multiple Businesses: Preserving Harmony and Profits

Assessments Can Help Develop Family Business Leaders

Diverse Boards Help Family Businesses Expand Internationally

New Ways Business Owners Can Use Boards

Developing Your Business Family Strategy: Where to Start and What to Consider

'CHAOS' Brings Order to Family Businesses

Should Family Businesses Have Employee Ownership Plans?

Women Can Help Family Firms Innovate – but Socioemotional Factors Matter

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