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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

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

How Family Firms Can Prevent (or Cool Down) Sibling Rivalries

family’s business together, it becomes important to distinguish between “emotional” conflicts and “strategic Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Jonas Ruzek and Kimberly Eddleston

Does the Family Matter? Improving Executive Compensation Practices in Family Firms

Yet, as the issues noted above show, the family plays a central role in strategic decisions such as executive Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Roland Kidwell , Anneleen Michiels and Isabel C Botero

'CHAOS' Brings Order to Family Businesses

This can be challenging when families don’t want to give up the strategic freedom they’ve enjoyed. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Salvatore Sciascia

Successful Successions are Never Smooth

Strategic Management Journal, 22(8), 725–745. Pieper, T. M. (2007). Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

Succession, Money, and Relationships Were Top-10 Topics in 2023

  For authors, we provide a fast peer review cycle and growing global readership that provides thought Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and Kimberly Eddleston

It’s Complicated: Managing Succession in Cases of Divorce and Adoption

In cases of divorce, children often grow up in two very different environments, each with different sets Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Leona Rethmann

Do You Treat In-Laws Like the Family Business Outlaws ?

Alignment is very different from harmony, as military mastermind and pioneering strategic thinker Colonel Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Torsten Pieper

How to Fix Succession Conflicts Stemming From Complicated Families

Our observations showed that kids growing up in these far-off families might still perceive the succession Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Leona Rethmann and Nadine Kammerlander