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Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Family Firms: An Assessment Tool

innovation is generally seen as necessary to keep the business thriving over time (unless the business operates Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar

To Encourage Innovation, Tap the Next Generation of Leaders

strategy are typically pulled in one of two directions. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Mat Hughes

Winemakers Provide Lessons on Resilience

Winemaking provided the perfect industry to study because the vintners operate in a dynamic environment Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Alfredo De Massis , Elisa Conz and Peter Lamb

Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

organizational factors such as structure (Ford and Slocum, 1977), innovation (Damanpour, 1992), strategy Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham

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

Choosing a Board of Directors for a Family Business

Student strategies for board selection in this context will often develop in alignment with the direction Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Whitney Peake

Innovating With Agility: Tips and Tricks for Resurgence and Growth

That question may define a family business strategy for years to come. Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Mat Hughes

Hyannis Country Garden is a Family Business With Deep Roots

This feature and video are part of  America’s Entrepreneurs: Making it Work , a Rewire initiative made possible by the  Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation  and  EIX, the Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Alauna Yust

Be Part of An Important Survey About Coping With Covid-19

While the pandemic has created economic turmoil, family and business disruption, and challenges that could last a lifetime, it also presents a unique opportunity to learn and improve family business Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Five Things Family Businesses are Reckoning With Now

  Family businesses everywhere are responding to Covid-19 in profound ways, balancing the need to preserve cherished family traditions and social capital against the mandate to control costs at Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and Alfredo De Massis