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Many want to know where they will fit in the family enterprise; how the wealth will be divided; and how the business will be governed as the family grows in complexity. Dann Van Der Vliet, Executive Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Daniel Van Der Vliet
Family business succession involves transferring ownership as well as management. Family circumstances and past events lead to three types of ownership transfers. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Susan Lanz , Gary Burke , Kajsa Haag and Omid Omidvar
Mentoring plays a huge role in shaping how the next generation views the role of family business leader, a study in China shows. “What’s important is not your experiences, but your feelings about Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Ganlin Mia Li , Bingbing Ge and Junsheng Dou
When parents openly display fear of failing, it can unintentionally portray entrepreneurship as unsafe, undesirable, or even shameful. This doesn't help their successors or the business. Why do so Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Seyyede Sharare Bagherian , Sonia M. Strano , Sohrab Soleimanof , Jon Carr and S. Alireza Feyzbaksh
Skip-generation entrepreneurship combines the wisdom of business founders with the energy and tech savviness of their grandchildren. Photo: Lauri Union, founding executive director of the Bertarelli Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Lin Grensing-Pophal
While professional non-family leadership may bring some advantages, the stability brought by family leaders may encourage employees to innovate without fear of failure. Much research has focused on Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Mario Daniele Amore , Morten Bennedsen , Bordin Bordeerath and Nicolai Foss
Family firms where the departing CEO has mentored the successor enjoyed stronger return on assets. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership with Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, a Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Fabio Quarato , Maria J. Sanchez-Bueno , Domenico Cambrea , Fernando Muñoz-Bullon and Mario Daniele Amore
Without a map for navigating emergencies and guiding successors after your departure, your business and your legacy could be left adrift. Imagine you're at the helm of a ship, sailing through calm Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Author: Bradford C. Jeter, CEPA
Running a family business doesn’t mean always seeing eye to eye, but you can still overcome challenges, resolve conflicts, and evolve as a team. At 13, I unknowingly took part in my first serious Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Rostyslav Vovk
A study of 13,500 family firms shows that nearly half of heirs don’t know where the assets are -- and 3 in 5 wouldn’t know what to do if the founder died suddenly. We all know plenty of Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Author: Srbuhi Avetisyan