Applied and Practice
An Applied and Practice article provides actionable ideas about how to start, manage, grow or fund a new venture. It should be written to appeal to entrepreneurs, managers, students, policymakers and other players. Its emphasis should be providing skills, insights and knowledge to help readers achieve success.
Length: <3,000 words
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What Nordstrom, Mars, Dillards and Patagonia can teach family businesses about ownership structure. In May 2025, Nordstrom ended more than five decades as a publicly traded company. Members of the Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Douglas Hassell and Kimberly Eddleston
A business sale changes more than ownership. Families must also rethink governance, roles, wealth, identity, and purpose after the company is gone. A family signs the sale of the company it built Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Susana Quintás
Selling to a large company means finding the right champion, budget owner and technical gatekeeper — and understanding when the organization is ready to act. Every founder pitching a new technology Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: John McNamara
Tickle Me Elmo, Pound Puppies and other toy hits reveal why human insight, emotion and lived experience still matter in the age of generative AI. Toy invention is a brutal business. On the worst Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: David Wyman
New Zealand’s rural communities survived a brutal economic shakeup by adding value, embracing local identity and building businesses around assets they already had. Rural entrepreneurs work from a Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Jamie D. Collins
More than 300 peer-group meetings show what happens when family business leaders have a trusted place to talk with people who truly understand their challenges. If you’ve never participated in a Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Justin Smith
Don’t wait for a vacancy. Prepare family members now — through education, mentoring, clear expectations, and hands-on experience — to serve on boards, family councils, and committees. Family Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan
What happens after the founder steps aside? Interviews with successor CEOs reveal the emotional, organizational, and family dynamics that determine whether leadership transitions succeed—or stall. Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Micheal Parkhurst
Fleet Feet Charleston shows how franchise owners can use “coopetition” — working with suppliers, rivals, franchisors and employees — to build a stronger local business ecosystem. Last in a Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Hadi Shaheen and Kamyar Goudarzi
Franchising is often sold as a safer path to entrepreneurship. But when franchisors collapse or change direction, franchisees can be left with heavy financial risks, little information, and almost no Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Jenny Buchan and Jennifer Gant