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Daughters prepare to lead family firms

Daughters are increasingly assuming leadership roles at family firms. Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

The New Family Business Powerhouses: Wives and Moms

Today women hold leadership positions in government, head up Fortune 500 companies, and oversee countless Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Amy Hart Clyne

Non-Family Board Members Bring Perspective and Growth

  What happens at a family firm with shared ownership and leadership? Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

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

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

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

How to Bridge Generations in a Family Business

This means all family members need to earn their right to management and leadership roles. Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Jessica Thiefels