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How Family Businesses Can Attract and Keep the Best People

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic being mostly behind us, many organizations, particularly family-led small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), are still grappling with the fallout. During a crisis or Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Qizhen Cai and Kimberly Eddleston

Foster Business Family Identity Through Social Impact

Ford, Estee Lauder, Hyatt. What do these names have in common? For starters, they are behind some of the largest family firms in the world. But they are also associated with a revolution in finance Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Jeanne Roche

Should Your Next CEO be From Outside the Family?

In her discussion with Matt Nielsen of Nielsen-Massey Vanillas International, Editor Kimberly Eddleston goes into a sensitive topic for many family firms: whether an outside leader is better equipped Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

The New Family Business Powerhouses: Wives and Moms

Today women hold leadership positions in government, head up Fortune 500 companies, and oversee countless philanthropic programs. Yet in many successful family businesses, the roles of women remain Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Amy Hart Clyne

Family Emotions Can Drive Business Decisions

From “Dallas” and “The Godfather” to “House of Gucci” and “Succession,” popular culture has always relished watching how resentments, squabbles and back-stabbing can pulse through a Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Rania Labaki and Fabian Bernhard

Non-Family Board Members Bring Perspective and Growth

What happens at a family firm with shared ownership and leadership? Matt Nielsen, Managing Director of Nielsen-Massey Vanillas International Europe, is candid about the disagreements and stalemate Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

The Hybrid Workplace is Here to Stay: 5 Ways to Make it Work

In late May, Tesla Chairman Elon Musk stunned the world by announcing that Tesla employees must return to the office full time or lose their jobs. Moreover, as the leaked Musk email pointed out, Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan and Lars B. Sonderegger

Using Family History for Competitive Advantage

Family businesses often have dense histories interweaving both the family and the business and involving more than just the past. Our recent study (Ge, De Massis & Kotlar, 2022), shows that Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Bingbing Ge , Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar

Let the Next Generation of Family Firm Leaders Chart Their Own Path

While start-ups are typically known for their innovation, family businesses are seen as mired in traditions and stuck in the past. But recent research shows that the next generation of leadership can Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Klaus Lüber and Nadine Kammerlander

Growing Pains? Advice to Recharge and Sustain Growth

Over time, family firms often experience growing pains. The growth of their business may outpace their infrastructure and processes, or their infrastructure and processes may be stifling their Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston