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How 'Job Creators' Think

The decision to grow or not to grow one’s business is a conscious choice of the entrepreneur (Sexton Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Keith Brigham , Ron Mitchell and Jeff Stambaugh

Learn from Leaders #5: Growing the Business

  This is the final video in our exclusive series called "Learn from Leaders," featuring advice for early-stage entrepreneurs and innovators from founders and CEOs of groundbreaking Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Daniel Forbes and Jon Eckhardt

Women Can Help Family Firms Innovate – but Socioemotional Factors Matter

Women can offer different perspectives than men and contribute to top management team's strategic decision Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Jonathan Bauweraerts , Emanuela Rondi , Paola Rovelli , Alfredo De Massis and Salvatore Sciascia

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

For intuitive entrepreneurs, the likely result is a growing cognitive misfit as the firm grows and matures Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Keith Brigham , Ritch Sorenson and James Hoffman

What All Family Businesses Can Learn From the Merck Family

Pharmacy] in the small German town of Darmstadt in 1668, he likely did not foresee his small business growing Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Claudia Binz Astrachan and Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp

Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

In addition, as organizational leaders play a decisive role in shaping their firms’ strategic directions Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham

Assessments Can Help Develop Family Business Leaders

  The company was growing 40% each year and the current president and CFO were ready to move on, Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Doug Gray, PhD

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

How Family Business Leaders Can Encourage Both Devotion and Performance

Adaptability reflects the firm’s willingness to challenge outdated traditions and demonstrate strategic Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Roland Kidwell and Kathryn Kloepfer

Developing Your Business Family Strategy: Where to Start and What to Consider

This is interesting given that as families grow, it can be more difficult to have a shared and united Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Isabel C Botero , Arist von Schlippe and Torsten Groth