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Celebrating International Women's Day 2023

As a result, women often experience difficulties in obtaining funding from banks, private investors, Read More...

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Catherine Buday

Can Leisure Bring Work-Related Benefits?

proactively structure their leisure time -- a process called leisure crafting -- to overcome stress and obtain Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Alexander Hamrick

Too Much Love in the Family Can Hurt

and a questionnaire, we measured the degree of “Family Social Capital,” (FSC), a snapshot of the resources Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Ines Herrero and Mat Hughes

How Family Businesses Can Attract and Keep the Best People

than large corporations (Portuguez Castro & Gómez Zermeo, 2021), since they lack sufficient resources Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Qizhen Cai and Kimberly Eddleston

Don't Send Your Kids to Work Outside the Family Business Just Yet!

Prioritize building alignment and cohesion by systematically investing time and financial resources in Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Joseph Astrachan , Isabel C Botero , Carol Wittmeyer and Claudia Binz Astrachan

Understand Your Family Firm's Core Strengths and Weaknesses

Opening up control allows the firm to tap non-family resources and talent but also risks conflict over Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Thomas Zellweger

How Gamification Can Help Family Businesses

rewards, levels, virtual goods, badges, achievements, leaderboard, challenges, goals, missions, resources Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Salvatore Tomaselli and Danilo Maurici

Six Ways that Small Firms Can Embrace Equity and Fairness

the burden of such expectations by being asked to do more work with the same (or oftentimes fewer) resources Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Aquesha Daniels, J.D. , Mariah Yates, Ph.D., MBA and Shane Spiller

A Family Firm Can Be Both an Innovator and a Great Place to Work

Family firms tend to invest plenty of effort in human resources practices that nurture employees’ long-term Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Ruth Überbacher , Leopold von Schlenk-Barnsdorf , Alfredo De Massis and Marcel Hülsbeck

Fostering Diversity and Inclusion Can Be Good for Business

Diversity and inclusion programs are being embraced by firms of all sizes everywhere. In this interview, family business Editor Kim Eddleston talks with Professor Michelle Duguid, who runs the Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

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