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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
What do these successful transitions in leadership have in common? Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan
FamilyBusiness.org aspires to be the #1 peer-reviewed resource for thought leadership in family business Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Mat Hughes and Kimberly Eddleston
eight different interdependent factors that affect how the succession process unfolds: each child’s leadership Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Shital Jayantilal , Sílvia Jorge and Tomas M. Bañegil Palacios
executives may be family members from one generation or multiple generations, or a top management team Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Roland Kidwell , Anneleen Michiels and Isabel C Botero
learn about the business and the responsibilities of ownership, and gain skills in management, leadership Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Tom Rüsen , Isabel C Botero , Arist von Schlippe and Torsten Groth
family council; Courting the opinions of external advisors; Opening the board and the management team Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Salvatore Sciascia
outside the family firm, and that falls short of the sense of duty and stewardship they need for leadership Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
attitudes about money are shaped and reinforced, especially as successor generations prepare for leadership Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Working with a team of researchers from both business administration and law, we conducted in-depth interviews Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Kajsa Haag , Hanna Almlöf , Marina Madsen and Mette Neville