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Advice for Non-Family Executives in Family Businesses

At some point there will be a generational change, and the next generation will take over leadership Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ritch Sorenson

Restaurant Icon Frank DePasquale Shares Recipe for Success

Boston restauranteur Frank DePasquale has built his empire with this recipe: Learn as much as you can from other entrepreneurs and those who work for you. Listen to your customers. Hug your Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Social Entrepreneurship: Doing Well by Doing Good

Can a socially conscious company be true both to its mission and to its bottom line? If there's conflict, what gets priority? It's a difficult balancing act and missteps can cost customers, Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Ken Harrington , Dave Feldman and Nicholas Vitalari

Perils of Entrepreneurial Philanthropy in Higher Education

A successful entrepreneur and his family wanted to donate a new building to a state university. What happened next illustrated the maxim that “no good deed goes unpunished.” Because the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: James C Wetherbe

How Can the Family Business Cope When a Key Non-family Exec Leaves?

How should we now prepare Stephanie for eventual ownership and leadership of Smith & Taylor? Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Madison Mailey

Entrepreneurship in an Era of Digital Transformation

This article strives to show entrepreneurs how to build the leadership skills and positive organizational Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Elisabeth E. Bennett, PhD

Rural Entrepreneurs are Finding Success

lawyer and accountant among others, and got support from local political and economic development leadership Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Chris Farrell

A Life Linking Science and Practice: Remembering Andy Van de Ven

Photo taken by Kai Dragland at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2012 Since our founding in 2014, a central part of our mission at EIX has been supporting knowledge-sharing Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Daniel Forbes

Breaking Norms to Get Ahead: Do Women Entrepreneurs Need a Dash of Psychopathy?

A 2016 University of Alabama Study concluded that women with a benign touch of psychopathy (callousness, ability to put aside emotions to do a tough job, not afraid to buck gender norms) are more Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

The 3 Skills That Build Confidence in Entrepreneurial Women

Nearly two centuries ago, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, of the now-venerable Veuve Clicquot champagne company, found herself widowed at age 27 with a small child. With little experience and lots Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall