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One Family, Multiple Businesses: Preserving Harmony and Profits

, ambitious family member may want to launch a new venture, or a problematic relative may need to manage Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Let's Get Professional: Family Firms Need HRM Practices

Formal practices have been shown to have a positive effect on human resource management effectiveness Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Roland Kidwell

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

prominent in long-lived firms where descendants of the founding family continue to be engaged in firm management Read More...

Category: Research Insight

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

Women Show Their Strengths When Family Businesses are in Trouble 

In fact, the skills that helped them run their households and manage the children could be re-deployed Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Allan Discua Cruz , Eleanor Hamilton , Giovanna Campopiano and Sarah Jack

How Family Firms Can Ensure Being Sustainable Pays Off

However, our research also shows that many individuals struggle to identify a family firm as actually managed Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Adrian Stutz , Sabrina Schell and Andreas Hack

Successful Successions are Never Smooth

Prepare Current and Future Leaders Timing is critical when managing change in top management. Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

Assessments Can Help Develop Family Business Leaders

detailed report summarizing the feedback from seven different rater groups (e.g., owners, board, managers Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Doug Gray, PhD

Why Don't You Educate Your Owners?

Everyone agrees that having owners who understand finance and strategy, know how to communicate, and can manage Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Claudia Binz Astrachan and Ruth Orenstrat

A Charismatic Family Business Founder Can Be a Tough Act to Follow

CEO of the Six Point Creative brand strategy agency, talks about how the succession process can be managed Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Women on Family Business Boards Shun Layoffs

Family control, political risk and employment security: A cross-national study, Journal of Management Read More...

Category: Commentary

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