SEARCH RESULTS


Playing the Succession Game to Ensure Family Business Continuity

In our research paper published in 2016, we showed how game theory can be used to weigh the tangible Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Shital Jayantilal , Sílvia Jorge and Tomas M. Bañegil Palacios

It’s Complicated: Managing Succession in Cases of Divorce and Adoption

 To help families in these situations, we looked at what other researchers have found and unearthed Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Leona Rethmann

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

For over 20 years, we at WIFU[1] have been doing research and consulting with long-lasting business families Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

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

Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

Based on this research the following hypotheses are put forth. Hypothesis 4a. Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham

How to Fix Succession Conflicts Stemming From Complicated Families

It’s based on our study of what other researchers have found and on our interviews with 13 members of Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Leona Rethmann and Nadine Kammerlander

How Family Dynamics Shape Family Businesses

His interviewer is Claudia Binz Astrachan, his wife and a researcher and lecturer on family business Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Joseph Astrachan and Claudia Binz Astrachan

Family Business Experts: How to Survive the Holidays

Gallen, and Director of the Swiss Research Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (KMU-HSG) Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Successful Successions are Never Smooth

Journal of Business Research, 61(6), 609-614. Spector, B. (2011). Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan