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How to Grow Your Family Business

Taking a family business to next level can be trickier than it is for other small businesses. Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Kerry Hannon

Encouraging Family Business Members to Go the Extra Mile

Family firms typically emphasize one of two management approaches: stewardship, which stresses participation Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston , Franz Kellermanns and Roland Kidwell

How Family Businesses Can Attract and Keep the Best People

  We interviewed four founders of family businesses (Xiaohan Shi, founder of Qixiong Construction Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Qizhen Cai and Kimberly Eddleston

How Family Firms Help Non-Family Employees Feel Like Family

Family businesses often behave in unique ways: They forego business opportunities to retain the family Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Peter Jaskiewicz , Josh Hsueh , Elizabeth Tetzlaff and Giovanna Campopiano

A Family Firm Can Be Both an Innovator and a Great Place to Work

A study we undertook of one fourth-generation family business in Germany, Carl Schlenk AG, provides some Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Ruth Überbacher , Leopold von Schlenk-Barnsdorf , Alfredo De Massis and Marcel Hülsbeck

Understand Your Family Firm's Core Strengths and Weaknesses

However, looking into the wide and growing family business literature, I would say that family firms Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Thomas Zellweger

She Always Gives Her All to the Family Firm -- but He Follows the Leader

It appears that non-family employees who identify with the family business can become trusted members Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Kristen Madison

Working from Home: Tips for Employees and Business Owners

Temporal boundaries refer to establishing designated times for work and family. Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Jay Mulki

ADHD Can Affect Entrepreneurs’ Earnings and Business Success

The mental health crisis has affected public safety, schools, politics and business and provoked a worldwide Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Vassiliki Bamiatzi and Nick Williams