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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

Firm But Flexible Parents Raise the Best Family Business Leaders

In their aim to raise the next generation of family business leaders, parents often question if their Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston , Kristen Shanine and Kristen Madison

She Always Gives Her All to the Family Firm -- but He Follows the Leader

Other research has shown that leaders can have a role in inspiring this devotion, especially when they Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Kristen Madison

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

Thought Leader Dennis Jaffe: What the Best Family Businesses Get Right

  Dennis Jaffe is a thought leader on family businesses -- an organizational consultant and clinical Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Dealing with Inflation: Advice From the Experts

Inflation also creates strain for business leaders, as it distracts their attention from fundamental 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

Future Family Business Owners Can Learn to Manage Conflict

  Learning how to manage it and channel it productively is an important skill for entrepreneurship Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ritch Sorenson