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Millennials Can Help Family Firms Expand, If Led by Their Peers

Our research, published in the Journal of Family Business Strategy, suggests that non-family peers can Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Alessandro Cirillo , Barbara Maggi , Salvatore Sciascia , Valentina Lazzarotti and Federico Visconti

To Engage Business Students, Roll Out 'the Barrels'

The Barrel family has decided that a strategy-setting session is needed to move the business forward. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy

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

Therefore, family members set the innovation strategy and directly promote innovative projects, but also Read More...

Category: Research Insight

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

How Family Businesses Survive Unexpected ‘Wild Cards’

  In our study, published in January of 2022 in the Journal of Family Business Strategy, we focused Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Wojciech Czakon , Monika Hajdas and Joanna Radomska

The Best Family Business Boards Embrace Candor and 'Necessary Endings'

Second of a two-part series From our studies evaluating the effectiveness of boards at family firms, we’ve seen first-hand how strong boards can help family businesses be more successful. In Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann

How Family Firms Help Non-Family Employees Feel Like Family

To begin to change these negative perceptions, the firm can pursue strategies that show they care for Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Peter Jaskiewicz , Josh Hsueh , Elizabeth Tetzlaff and Giovanna Campopiano

Dealing with Inflation: Advice From the Experts

thus, they know firsthand how inflation has affected the management of family businesses and some strategies Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Advice for Non-Family Executives in Family Businesses

executives can navigate complex family dynamics, help the business thrive financially, develop strategies Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ritch Sorenson

Developing Competent Owners and Stewards for a Lasting Family Business

Yet, they are being asked to make decisions about business strategy, major acquisitions or divestitures Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

What All Family Businesses Can Learn From the Merck Family

These family representatives play a crucial role in ensuring that the family’s strategies align with Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Claudia Binz Astrachan and Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp