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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

'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

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

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

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

Why Does EOS/Traction Work So Well for Family Businesses?

In a fourth-generation family business, the transition between the previous generations always went from Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Sara Stern

To Engage Business Students, Roll Out 'the Barrels'

Many of us may remember the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books from childhood. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy

Family Office Continuity in the Time of COVID19

U.S. universities, businesses, government agencies, and school systems began a massive push to work from Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Hung-bin Ding and Dr. Rosa Nelly Trevinyo-Rodriguez

Understand Your Family Firm's Core Strengths and Weaknesses

These socio-emotional goals can build a good name for the family and good will from the community, and Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Thomas Zellweger