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New Ways Business Owners Can Use Boards

In this interview with familybusiness.org Editor-in-Chief Kimberly Eddleston, Hause shares insights from Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

The Best Family Business Boards Embrace Candor and 'Necessary Endings'

assess your board: Many self-assessment tools (some of them available for free) provide valuable insights Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann

Four Things that the Best Family Business Boards Do Well

External evaluations that are deep in data and insight can greatly strengthen the board’s contribution Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann

Women Can Help Family Firms Innovate – but Socioemotional Factors Matter

Many researchers have found that having more women in top management, such as boards of directors, can Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Jonathan Bauweraerts , Emanuela Rondi , Paola Rovelli , Alfredo De Massis and Salvatore Sciascia

Diverse Boards Help Family Businesses Expand Internationally

  While some researchers have studied how boards of directors can help a family become more openminded Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Claudia Pongelli , Antonio Majocchi , Jonathan Bauweraerts , Salvatore Sciascia , Matteo Giuliano Caroli and Alain Verbeke

The Potential Downside of Having Non-Family Board Members

The video summarizes our findings, and you can download our research paper here.  Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Alfredo De Massis

The Biggest Mistakes Family Businesses Make With Their Boards

Family business researcher, lecturer, and advisor Claudia Binz Astrachan has studied first-hand how effective Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How to Transform an Outdated Board

The renewal of a board of directors has been garnering research interest in terms of make-up, term limits Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Joseph Giglio and John Friar

Many Startups Benefit From a Short-Term Focus

But our research, which was recently published in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, demonstrates Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Johan Bruneel , Stephan Weemaes and Ann Gaeremynck