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A big relationship problem can affect not only family businesses, but also our personal lives: We often treat friends, acquaintances, and even strangers better than our own family members. In this Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Ruschelle Khanna
Families are often reluctant to anticipate and plan for the day when an unexpected transition might upend their business. The costs of inaction are high. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Kajsa Haag , Hanna Almlöf , Marina Madsen and Mette Neville
The emotional conflicts that beset family businesses can be difficult to weather. Heidi Vermeer-Quist, a clinical psychologist, family business consultant, and third-generation shareholder of her Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Heidi Vermeer-Quist
FamilyBusiness.org aspires to be the #1 peer-reviewed resource for thought leadership in family business for owners and leaders, students, and professors. To achieve this goal, we are building a Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Mat Hughes and Kimberly Eddleston
In popular culture, the portrayal of family businesses in movies and TV shows, such as Ridley Scott’s "House of Gucci" or HBO’s "Succession," often revolves around the pursuit of wealth and the Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan and Anneleen Michiels
People wear many hats at family businesses: owners, managers, and family members. All too often, says family business advisor Sara B. Stern, they're thinking like family members rather than owners Read More...
Category: Interviews
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Sara Stern
Interviewee: Sara Stern
Have you heard this before? “If it wasn’t for my in-laws, our family would be fine!” Such frustrated statements are typically followed by rants about how someone spends too lavishly, does not Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Torsten Pieper
For better or worse, our genetics and childhood experiences spill into our adult lives -- and in the case of family businesses, they affect how we view our family coworkers and the wealth our Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Ruschelle Khanna
It is your worst nightmare. You’ve passed away, and now your adult children no longer speak to each other. Circumstances around your death have destroyed the family you spent your life building, Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Patrick O'Brien
HBO The HBO hit series "Succession" -- detailing the family business conflict, backstabbing, jealousy and double-dealing at the fictitious family-run media empire Waystar Royco --has won several Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Spencer Burke