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Managing Emotional Minefields Within Family Businesses

Being part of a family business often requires that family members manage their emotions appropriately Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Dr. Ayoosha Saleem , Francesco Barbera , Simon de Jong and Arvid Hoffmann

It’s Complicated: Managing Succession in Cases of Divorce and Adoption

Part 1 of 2 --  Family business succession planning clearly is among a family business’s most challenging events and plenty of experts have weighed in on how to do it right. However, most of Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Leona Rethmann

How Family Businesses Survive Unexpected ‘Wild Cards’

In order to survive such long periods, family firms need to successfully manage operational performance Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Wojciech Czakon , Monika Hajdas and Joanna Radomska

How Family Firms Help Non-Family Employees Feel Like Family

Business families tend to put family members in strategic management positions and aim to pass on the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Peter Jaskiewicz , Josh Hsueh , Elizabeth Tetzlaff and Giovanna Campopiano

How Family Firms Can Prevent (or Cool Down) Sibling Rivalries

popular press and serve as inspiration for television series like HBO’s Succession, many siblings manage Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Jonas Ruzek and Kimberly Eddleston

The Biggest Mistakes Family Businesses Make With Their Boards

Claudia Binz Astrachan has studied first-hand how effective boards of directors steer family business management Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Falling from Grace: How Scandals Affect Family Businesses

Family-based brands can also make customer relations easier to manage and strengthen the competitive Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Carlotta Benedetti , Cristina Bettinelli and Alfredo De Massis

Advice for Family Business Successors: Be Humble and Curious

  David Bentall found out the hard way that his leadership of his family's construction and real estate firm wasn't working: his own uncle removed him from the company. Losing his job was a Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

'CHAOS' Brings Order to Family Businesses

of a family business and represents a double-edged sword: if the coexistence of family and firm is managed Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Salvatore Sciascia

Does the Family Matter? Improving Executive Compensation Practices in Family Firms

Our research aims to offer family owners, managers, boards, management teams, and their advisors more Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Roland Kidwell , Anneleen Michiels and Isabel C Botero