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Changing the Face of the Construction Industry

but Emily Bittenbender of Bittenbender Construction is giving it a new face and a new approach to managing Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Donna De Carolis

Investing for a Better World: A Conversation with Justin Rockefeller

Our strategy has been investing in managers whose work directly aligns with our mission, and now about Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

'Home Field Advantage' Works in Business as well as Baseball

Manage Sci. pubsonline.informs.org; 2012;58: 1059–1071. Hallen BL, Bingham CB, Cohen S. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Olav Sorenson and Michael S. Dahl

Winemakers Provide Lessons on Resilience

family-run winemaking companies that have survived at least half a century, as they have been owned and managed Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Alfredo De Massis , Elisa Conz and Peter Lamb

Learn from Leaders #5: Growing the Business

  This is the final video in our exclusive series called "Learn from Leaders," featuring advice for early-stage entrepreneurs and innovators from founders and CEOs of groundbreaking Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Daniel Forbes and Jon Eckhardt

Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Family Firms: An Assessment Tool

Yet family owners and managers fear losing control, undermining the family reputation, or compromising Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar

Women Can Help Family Firms Innovate – but Socioemotional Factors Matter

Many researchers have found that having more women in top management, such as boards of directors, can Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Jonathan Bauweraerts , Emanuela Rondi , Paola Rovelli , Alfredo De Massis and Salvatore Sciascia

New Ways Business Owners Can Use Boards

He points out that boards can help family firms align and balance the interests of owners and managers Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Should Family Businesses Have Employee Ownership Plans?

Formed in 1976 by the four Palmer brothers, the company set up a pioneering open-book management system Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Corey Rosen

Entrepreneurial Brinkmanship: Lessons Learned from Best Buy and FedEx

In these cases, startup management must often play the game of brinkmanship, pushing events to near disaster Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: James C Wetherbe