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Do Family Meals Fuel Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses?

the time spent together as a family is crucial for the socialization process of entrepreneurs, we researched Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How Family Firms Can Ensure Being Sustainable Pays Off

As family firm researchers, we were particularly interested in the question of whether family firms that Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Adrian Stutz , Sabrina Schell and Andreas Hack

Thought Leader Dennis Jaffe: What the Best Family Businesses Get Right

He is a family business fellow at the Cornell Johnson College of Business, Senior Research Fellow at Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How Family Businesses Survive Unexpected ‘Wild Cards’

We dedicated our research to better understanding where this superior skill in playing the wild cards Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Wojciech Czakon , Monika Hajdas and Joanna Radomska

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

Thicker Than Water: Balancing Individual Career Goals and the Family Business

Surprisingly little research has been done on this topic (although many studies have focused on intergenerational Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Leona Achtenhagen , Kajsa Haag , Kajsa Hultén and Jen Lundgren

Over My Dead Body: The Unseen Influence of Wives on Succession

  Our research showed us that women can play a visible role in shaping succession decisions – or Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Barbara Cosson and Michael Gilding

How to Build a Family Business Portfolio: Your Location Matters

From many years of studying this topic, reviewing what other researchers have found, and talking to practitioners Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Philipp Sieger , Naveed Akhter and Francesco Chirico

Why You Should Name Your Business After Yourself

Other insights from our research: If an entrepreneur with a self-named business goes on to start other Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Sharon Belenzon

Diverse Boards Help Family Businesses Expand Internationally

  While some researchers have studied how boards of directors can help a family become more openminded Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Claudia Pongelli , Antonio Majocchi , Jonathan Bauweraerts , Salvatore Sciascia , Matteo Giuliano Caroli and Alain Verbeke