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What All Family Businesses Can Learn From the Merck Family

Through 13 generations of family ownership, the family has learned what it takes to keep the business Read More...

Category: Commentary

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

From Entitlement to Contribution

There comes a time when we are all asked to move from the balcony to the trading floor, to take up our Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Robert Caldwell

How Family Business Leaders Can Encourage Both Devotion and Performance

This opportunism arises when family firm leaders are overly generous toward family employees, especially Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Roland Kidwell and Kathryn Kloepfer

'There's No Birthright' and Other Tips for Raising Entrepreneurial Leaders

Learn More: What It Takes to Build a Four-Generation Business Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Should Your Next CEO be From Outside the Family?

, Editor Kimberly Eddleston goes into a sensitive topic for many family firms: whether an outside leader Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

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

The New Family Business Powerhouses: Wives and Moms

In the past few years, it has been the matriarchs and distinguished female leaders of the families that Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Amy Hart Clyne

Developing responsible owners in family business

We move our focus from helping the child learn that certain behaviors can lead to predictable outcomes Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Torsten Pieper and Joseph Astrachan

Winemakers Provide Lessons on Resilience

– focusing mainly on the structures and processes of resilient firms and the skills of resilient leaders Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Alfredo De Massis , Elisa Conz and Peter Lamb