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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Networks are one of the most important resources entrepreneurs can have. Indeed, one of the few consistent findings in entrepreneurship research is that networks matter. Entrepreneurs with bigger and Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Ben Spigel and Kautsar Ramli
Part one of two Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing signs of a return to something resembling normality. Vaccination programs are now underway at a substantial pace, and Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Mat Hughes
For generations, grandmothers, mothers, daughters and aunts have played informal, behind-the-scenes but important roles in family businesses worldwide. They have provided critical emotional support Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Dora Jurd de Girancourt and Thami Ghorfi
More than 2 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water, and each year more than 1 million people die because of water-related diseases. These facts can make life unbearable for affected Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Coraima Yanez , Jennifer Long and Shilpa Alva
Should you join the growing number of family businesses that proudly promote the fact that they are (and have been) family owned – for decades, some even for centuries? Or do you prioritize your Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan
What do successful entrepreneurs do beyond generating wealth? This question holds interest for so many of us. Many wealthy individuals have the ability to buy whatever they want, do whatever Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Niall MacKenzie , Martin Gannon and Jillian Gordon
First of a two-part series Can you quantify your board’s contribution to the performance of your family business? Even if you can’t put a number on it, you should have a keen sense of how much Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann
When running a business, you might have come across the same question as everybody else, “should I buy or lease equipment?” The answer to that question primarily depends on your business’ Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Rumzz Bajwa
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to family business succession planning. Every situation is different and every family is uniquely complex. However, some principles appear to transcend culture Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Tom Rüsen , Torsten Groth and Arist von Schlippe
Either a private family business conflict ends up in the courts, or gets settled by alternative methods involving third-party neutrals – usually mediation and arbitration. These neutral parties can Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Michael Carrell and Louis Manchise