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How Older Family Businesses Can Keep the Magic Going

the ownership was in the hands of a family and at least one family member was in the top management team Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Sabine Rau , Sabrina Schell and Arndt Werner

Your Family Needs An Emergency Succession Plan

Decisions such as: Who fills the key leadership roles during the crisis? Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

To Engage Business Students, Roll Out 'the Barrels'

Students were given 45 minutes to create responses to the five questions in teams of 3-4 students. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy

Should Your Next CEO be From Outside the Family?

his two siblings wear -- as primary shareholders, directors and family members -- and how outside leadership Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Four Reasons Why Your Next Hire Should Have a Side Hustle

out from other candidates because it shows design thinking, problem-solving, pitch ability, leadership Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Steve Blank and Nancy Forster-Holt

Startup Employees Take a Hit Financially

Although that may simply mean that they loved being part of a small team so much that they did not try Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: M. Diane Burton , Rodrigo Canales , Michael S. Dahl and Olav Sorenson

Female Advisors Can Help Family Businesses

  What advantages do you feel women bring to a family business center or consulting/advising team Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Devina Raithatha

Breaking the Glass Ceiling in a Family Business

Giovanna Campopiano of Lancaster University talks about her research into what holds women back from leadership Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

'Imposter Syndrome' Holds Back Entrepreneurial Women

The business world will likely persist in using masculine attributes to define leadership and successful Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston , Jamie Ladge and Keimei Sugiyama

Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

Only about a third of family businesses make it to a second generation beyond the founder.  Conventional wisdom says that these firms falter because the owners didn’t have a succession Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham