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Successful Successions are Never Smooth

Prepare Current and Future Leaders Timing is critical when managing change in top management. Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

Assessments Can Help Develop Family Business Leaders

detailed report summarizing the feedback from seven different rater groups (e.g., owners, board, managers Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Doug Gray, PhD

A Family's Non-Financial Values Shape Its Sustainability Strategy

For instance, the family’s significant control over ownership, management, and the board accelerates Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Josh Hsueh , Alfredo De Massis and Luis Gomez-Mejia

Why Don't You Educate Your Owners?

Everyone agrees that having owners who understand finance and strategy, know how to communicate, and can manage Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Claudia Binz Astrachan and Ruth Orenstrat

A Charismatic Family Business Founder Can Be a Tough Act to Follow

CEO of the Six Point Creative brand strategy agency, talks about how the succession process can be managed Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Women on Family Business Boards Shun Layoffs

Family control, political risk and employment security: A cross-national study, Journal of Management Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Jessenia Davila , Luis Gomez-Mejia , Fernando Muñoz-Bullon and Maria J. Sanchez-Bueno

How Families Can Run Their Businesses With Both Head and Heart

He's a managing director at Salomon Brothers, one of the world’s most respected Wall Street firms. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and R. Adam Smith

Growing Pains: Helping a Family Office to Evolve

A Single Family Office (SFO) is an entity that manages the investments, wealth, and often the personal Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Torsten Pieper and Claudia Binz Astrachan

How Famous Family Firms Use Their History to Connect With Stakeholders

In many multi-generational family firms, younger generations and business managers feel a sense of legacy Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Luca Manelli , Vittoria Magrelli , Josip Kotlar , Federico Frattini and Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli

How Three Women Upheld Family Values and Thrived Despite Adversity

Bulgarian women, they found a way to thrive as entrepreneurs: over a third of company owners and managers Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Boyka Simeonova and Mat Hughes