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How Families Can Run Their Businesses With Both Head and Heart

FamilyBusiness.org Senior Editor Mat Hughes recently appeared on R. Adam Smith’s LinkedIn channel to talk about a challenge that all family businesses face: the pull between the passions and Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and R. Adam Smith

Breaking the Glass Ceiling in a Family Business

Despite decades of striving and some progress, women still face a glass ceiling in many tradition-bound family businesses.  In this interview with familybusiness.org Editor Kimberly Eddleston, Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Advice for Family Business Successors: Be Humble and Curious

  David Bentall found out the hard way that his leadership of his family's construction and real estate firm wasn't working: his own uncle removed him from the company. Losing his job was a Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How Family Firms Help Non-Family Employees Feel Like Family

profitability.A recent fictional example is the Roy family from the award-winning HBO television series "Succession Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

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

Will Your In-Laws Help or Hurt Your Family Business?

resources, and experiences of all family members to drive strategic change and ensure the long-term success Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Marco Mismetti , Emanuela Rondi and Cristina Bettinelli

How Famous Family Firms Use Their History to Connect With Stakeholders

just about prestige and status, but also creating entrepreneurial projects that are meaningful and successful Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Luca Manelli , Vittoria Magrelli , Josip Kotlar , Federico Frattini and Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli

How Family Firms Can Ensure Being Sustainable Pays Off

it can motivate potential customers to buy its products, potential investors to bet on its future success Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Adrian Stutz , Sabrina Schell and Andreas Hack

Women Show Their Strengths When Family Businesses are in Trouble 

ourselves, we wanted to explore how women helped their businesses survive crises and endure through successive Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Allan Discua Cruz , Eleanor Hamilton , Giovanna Campopiano and Sarah Jack

How Family Businesses Survive Unexpected ‘Wild Cards’

survive such long periods, family firms need to successfully manage operational performance and succession Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Wojciech Czakon , Monika Hajdas and Joanna Radomska

Do You Treat In-Laws Like the Family Business Outlaws ?

appropriately hold our children accountable for their behaviors – or do we tend to attribute our children’s successes Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Torsten Pieper