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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

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

Family Offices: The Sober Guardians of Family Wealth

When the wealth is substantial, often an impartial third party is the best choice to manage this wealth Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Developing Your Business Family Strategy: Where to Start and What to Consider

This involves managing the relationships in the family, determining the communication patterns of the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Isabel C Botero , Arist von Schlippe and Torsten Groth

Family Business Succession Planning: 10 Golden Rules

of succession arise, families tend to concentrate on the operating business, since it demands management's Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Torsten Groth and Arist von Schlippe