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The Making of Successful Female Family-Enterprise Leaders

Based on interviews with 46 female family firm successors from 13 countries around the globe, we distill patterns of how the female successors were raised, how their career paths looked like, what Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Nadine Kammerlander , Elizabeth Bagger , Doris Sommavilla and Sasha Lund

Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

Only about a third of family businesses make it to a second generation beyond the founder. Conventional wisdom says that these firms falter because the owners didn’t have a succession Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham

Being Female Affects Business Loans from Family and Friends

It’s been said (ruefully) that Ginger Rogers had to perform the same dance moves as Fred Astaire, only backwards and in high heels. Unfortunately, this also holds true for women seeking Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

When Entrepreneurs Have Trouble with Monogamy: It's Their Cognitive Style

Nothing turns an entrepreneur’s head faster than a glittering opportunity and the chance to pursue it with laser-like focus. But after the launch, when the novelty wears off and the day-to-day Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Keith Brigham , Ritch Sorenson and James Hoffman