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“ My great-great grandfather spent the first half of his life making money, and the second half of his life, giving it away - and the family has continued a strong tradition of both business and Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Cristina Maria Cruz Serrano , Rachida Justo and Jeanne Roche
For many family business owners, thinking about succession can be challenging. It’s a lengthy process, and filled with questions and activities that seem daunting initially. However, it is Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Melania Riefolo , Sena Özkara , Jan-Philipp Ahrens and Niloufar Nekouei
Across a range of disciplines, researchers have sought to identify the “bad behavior” of family firms as well as its causes and effects. Such topics include family conflict, sibling rivalry, Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Roland Kidwell , Kimberly Eddleston , Linda Kidwell , John Cater and Ellison Howard
Recent events in the US Presidential race have focused people around the world on the topic of leadership and age. When is a leader, whether of a country or a business, too old to do the job? When Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Salvatore Sciascia
Many of us are (or at least we believe ourselves to be!) natural-born problem solvers: Once we recognize a problem, we want to resolve it as expediently as possible. As a result, we fall into Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Authors: Joseph Astrachan and Claudia Binz Astrachan
When it's time for a family business to have a new generation of leadership, it's often difficult for the first-generation founder let go. Founders, justifiably proud of the businesses they have Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
When a family firm reaches a certain size, the family may decide to transfer their wealth and their ownership into a family office. These offices help business families manage their wealth across Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Joern Block , Reza Fathollahi and Onur Eroglu
A great story, skillfully told, can shape attitudes and spur commitment and action. This is especially true at family businesses, where the stories and values of the family and business intertwine. Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
When we think about legal help, we often picture a judge, a courtroom full of people, and enormous media involvement if the companies are well-known. Navigating court procedures is a time-intensive Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Chandima Weerakondabaduge
Part 2 of a two-part series As we showed in part 1 of this discussion , trying to use budgets as both a planning tool and an expectations setting tool can be destructive, because the self-interests Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Author: Joseph Astrachan