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The demand for family business education is soaring around the globe, and several higher education institutions are introducing new courses and programs that focus on this dominant type of business Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar
NOTE TO TEACHERS: The downloadable supporting document (above) includes material to guide classroom discussion. This case is based on a real family business, although the specifics have been changed Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Madison Mailey
While the world around them is changing at a faster and faster pace in the midst of uncertainty, family firms are often a beacon of stability and dependability in our society. Although subject to the Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Franz Kellermanns and Nadine Kammerlander
Today people can no longer count on a steady paycheck in a predictable amount from an employer. We're seeing ever-growing numbers of “unintended entrepreneurs” -- once-employed people forced to Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Roy Carriker
Ritch Sorenson, Professor of Family Business at the University of St Thomas in Minneapolis, once worked at a bank founded by his grandfather. When it closed, he felt a personal loss that Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Ritch Sorenson
The purpose of this exercise is to help students understand the advantages and challenges of working in a family business or of being in a business family. Some students who have Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Ritch Sorenson