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What If a Hedge Fund Invests in my Family Business?

Publicly traded family firms may attract all sorts of investors from outside the family. And like other publicly traded firms, they sometimes attract activist hedge funds, whose primary purpose often Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Matthias G. Leute , Yannick Bammens , Martin Carree and Jolien Huybrechts

When the Family Leaves the Business, Can Their Values Remain?

Cadbury’s Enduring Values To address this question, we studied a very successful family firm that maintained Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Roy Suddaby , Wilson Ng , Natalia Vershinina , Gideon Markman and Matthew Cadbury

Let's Get Professional: Family Firms Need HRM Practices

training, appraising and compensating the right people in the right way is a crucial element to the success Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Roland Kidwell

Why Women CEOs Offer Family Businesses an Entrepreneurial Advantage

A CEO who supports entrepreneurship is important to both family and nonfamily business success. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Franz Kellermanns

Here's Why Family Businesses Need Branding

It gets to the heart of what makes a family firm successful and admired by customers, suppliers, employees Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Family Firms May Need More Legal Advice Than They Think

such transfers and could jeopardize the operation of the business or the possibility of a future succession Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Kajsa Haag , Hanna Almlöf , Marina Madsen and Mette Neville

How to Transform an Outdated Board

boards can bring their expertise and objectivity to improving the decision making and to engage in succession Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Joseph Giglio and John Friar

Why You Should Name Your Business After Yourself

Terms: what do I name my business, naming your business, family businesses, increasing my chance of success Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Sharon Belenzon

Women on Family Business Boards Shun Layoffs

Whether, how, and why networks influence men’s and women’s career success: Review and research agenda Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Jessenia Davila , Luis Gomez-Mejia , Fernando Muñoz-Bullon and Maria J. Sanchez-Bueno

Punishment, Reward, Control: How Money Shows Up in the Business Family

of family businesses in movies and TV shows, such as Ridley Scott’s "House of Gucci" or HBO’s "Succession Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan and Anneleen Michiels