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Videos for the Global Family Business Community

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article, published during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, links to resources that can help family businesses manage challenges and become more resilient. What does the Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Peter Jaskiewicz and Thomas Clark

The McDonaldization of Everything: Teaching Weber to Undergraduates

Max Weber argued that the process of rationalization transformed social life forever. By loosening the hold of tradition, rationalization led to new practices that were chosen due to their Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Howard E. Aldrich and Stephen Lippmann

To Engage Business Students, Roll Out 'the Barrels'

Many of us may remember the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books from childhood. In these tales, the story develops to a point and presents a scenario choice to the reader. Depending on the choice Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy

Future Family Business Owners Can Learn to Manage Conflict

Conflict is inevitable in family-run businesses.  Learning how to manage it and channel it productively is an important skill for entrepreneurship students who may someday manage their own Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ritch Sorenson

Advice for Non-Family Executives in Family Businesses

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

Real-Life Drama: Creating a TV Series Based on a Family Business

The purpose of this class project is to help family business students understand the complexities of family business management by requiring them to integrate multiple principles and lessons and to Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Of Wine & Sharks: When Entrepreneurs and Investors Clash

Shark Tank is a popular resource for many entrepreneurship educators. While a number of outstanding episodes can be used in the classroom, a two-episode arc focused on Copa Di Vino -- a winery that Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Lou Marino

The $10 Business Plan Competition

This exercise is a semester-long project that gives students the opportunity to experience the excitement and challenges associated with identifying an opportunity, developing a startup plan and Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Lou Marino and Craig Armstrong

Retooling Products to Reach New Markets: The Lindt Candy Dilemma

OVERVIEW The purpose of this exercise is to help entrepreneurship students understand the importance of retooling products to reach new markets. In this exercise students are required to generate and Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Kimberly Eddleston