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Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

  Research on owner-manager experience has suggested that owner-managers who stay in one business Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham

Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Family Firms: An Assessment Tool

Yet family owners and managers fear losing control, undermining the family reputation, or compromising Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar

To Engage Business Students, Roll Out 'the Barrels'

this exercise is to provide a platform for students to use their creativity in a family business management Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy

Hyannis Country Garden is a Family Business With Deep Roots

Jocelyn Duffley was no stranger to Hyannis Country Garden when she took over as president and general manager Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Alauna Yust

Winemakers Provide Lessons on Resilience

family-run winemaking companies that have survived at least half a century, as they have been owned and managed Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Alfredo De Massis , Elisa Conz and Peter Lamb

Entrepreneurial Brinkmanship: Lessons Learned from Best Buy and FedEx

In these cases, startup management must often play the game of brinkmanship, pushing events to near disaster Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: James C Wetherbe

A Father/Son Sitdown: Howard and Steven Aldrich

  He has learned much about the challenges not only of starting a new business, but also managing Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Howard E. Aldrich

Delivering the Goods: An Interview with Best Buy and EIX Founder Dick Schulze

We had an assistant manager who had asked me to arrange the loading and unloading of product and stock Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: James C Wetherbe