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When Is a Family Business Leader Too Old?

Adopt rules that set age limits for accessing leadership positions. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Salvatore Sciascia

Your Family Needs An Emergency Succession Plan

You need a leadership disaster recovery plan, just like you need other disaster recovery plans, such Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

Better Let Your Brother Do It: Men Are Still Preferred in CEO Successions

less discussed: Family businesses still prefer male relatives when choosing a new generation of leadership Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Jan-Philipp Ahrens , Melania Riefolo , Annegret Hauer and Katharina Siegert

Playing the Succession Game to Ensure Family Business Continuity

eight different interdependent factors that affect how the succession process unfolds: each child’s leadership Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Shital Jayantilal , Sílvia Jorge and Tomas M. Bañegil Palacios

Renewing the Empire: A Family Firm's Succession and Refit Journey

While epically long leadership tenure is a well-known characteristic of family businesses (Gomez-Mejia Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Melania Riefolo , Sena Özkara , Baris Istipliler and Jan-Philipp Ahrens

Should Former Leaders Stay Involved in the Family Firm?

Step Down CEO successors with high CEO-related human capital (maturity, along with experience in leadership Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Melania Riefolo , Sena Özkara , Jan-Philipp Ahrens and Niloufar Nekouei

Family Business Succession Planning: 10 Golden Rules

issue of succession at least once a year. 2 | Separate ownership (shareholder) succession from leadership Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Torsten Groth and Arist von Schlippe

Successful Successions are Never Smooth

What do these successful transitions in leadership have in common? Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

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

FamilyBusiness.org aspires to be the #1 peer-reviewed resource for thought leadership in family business Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and Kimberly Eddleston

The Family Business 'Generation Gap' Can Undermine Success

outside the family firm, and that falls short of the sense of duty and stewardship they need for leadership Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston