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Wealth Can be Hazardous to Future Family Business Leaders

  Preparing the next generation for leadership is an important mission for family businesses. But all too often, the comfortable lifestyle that family wealth makes possible does not do the Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Assessments Can Help Develop Family Business Leaders

  For example, assessments help business leaders discover predictors of job success – not only the Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Doug Gray, PhD

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

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

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 the Right Mix of Employee Incentives Fosters Innovation

The most successful innovators in each group also tended to embrace a particular combination of incentives Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Elisa Villani , Christian Linder , Alfredo De Massis and Kimberly Eddleston

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