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Women Show Their Strengths When Family Businesses are in Trouble

Around the world, women have always been part of family businesses. However, little is known about how they affect the continuity of family firms in certain areas of the world, especially patriarchal Read More...

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Authors: Allan Discua Cruz , Eleanor Hamilton , Giovanna Campopiano and Sarah Jack

Thicker Than Water: Balancing Individual Career Goals and the Family Business

With family-owned businesses accounting for a whopping share of the economy, the nature of family members’ individual career development in that sector is important and interesting. How indeed do Read More...

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Authors: Leona Achtenhagen , Kajsa Haag , Kajsa Hultén and Jen Lundgren

Firm But Flexible Parents Raise the Best Family Business Leaders

In their aim to raise the next generation of family business leaders, parents often question if their parenting style is effective. They often ask themselves: Am I being too lenient or too strict? Am Read More...

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Authors: Kimberly Eddleston , Kristen Shanine and Kristen Madison

Family Emotions Can Drive Business Decisions

From “Dallas” and “The Godfather” to “House of Gucci” and “Succession,” popular culture has always relished watching how resentments, squabbles and back-stabbing can pulse through a Read More...

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Authors: Rania Labaki and Fabian Bernhard

Succession: Don't Assume Your First-Born is the Anointed One

Succession is a defining moment in all family businesses, and making the right choice about who is going to be the next CEO can be critical to survival. Tradition, previous choices, and Read More...

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Author: Andrea Calabrò