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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
The year-end is traditionally a time for setting new goals for the coming year, but if we've learned anything from 2020 and 2021 it's that our best-laid plans must be flexible. The continued Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Daniel Forbes and Jon Eckhardt
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
It has been almost a year since the Covid pandemic rocked the world. While we have seen some family businesses forced to close their doors forever, others have successfully pivoted their Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
The $325 billion second Covid relief bill -- the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act -- was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The Small Business Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: David Deeds
It's been almost 14 months since the first Covid case was reported and, in that year, a great deal has happened. Very few business owners, particularly in North America, took the potential for a Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Joseph Astrachan
Family businesses everywhere are responding to Covid-19 in profound ways, balancing the need to preserve cherished family traditions and social capital against the mandate to control costs at Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Mat Hughes and Alfredo De Massis
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
In May of 2020, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky sent a letter to all Airbnb employees around the world announcing the layoff of nearly 1,900 of the 7,500 employees (referred to as "teammates), Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Tommaso Minola , Mario Salerno and Daniel Agyare
While both men and women may be struggling to balance work and family commitments during the unique challenges posed by the Covid-19 environment, the bulk of childcare and eldercare has tended to Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall