Profile
Member Since 2020
Site Staff, EIX Editor, Family Business Editor, Reviewer - EIX
Mat Hughes
Schulze Distinguished Professor and Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship / School of Business / University of Leicester
AUTHORED RESOURCES
Too Much Love in the Family Can Hurt
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Strong family relationships are good for business, but being too insular will blind the family to great ideas from the outside and actually hurt return on equity. Read More...
Resilience to Resurgence: How to Grow Your Way Out of the Crisis
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Everybody is talking about resilience during the pandemic. But resilience alone won't help firms thrive in the post-pandemic world. Read More...
How 1,100 Family Firms Grappled with Covid-19
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Some are rallying the team, communicating better and discovering strength and resilience. For others, the crisis has made their weaknesses and conflicts worse. Read More...
Five Things Family Businesses are Reckoning With Now
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This video, also available as a podcast, explores how family businesses are balancing cherished traditions and social capital against the mandate to control costs at a time of economic peril. Read More...
To Encourage Innovation, Tap the Next Generation of Leaders
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This article and podcast explore how family businesses can keep products and services relevant and avoid playing catch-up with competitors. Read More...
Getting Your Family Business Ready for the 'New Normal'
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This article and podcast explore how family firms are adapting in a world where uncertainty is the only certainly. This will define their business strategy for years to come. Read More...
Innovating With Agility: Tips and Tricks for Resurgence and Growth
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Any crisis brings opportunities to rethink what your family business can do or should do moving into the future. This article and podcast will stimulate reflection. Read More...
Sinking ship? How one family firm sailed through several crises
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A Finland-based family business that hadn't innovated in calmer times drew on its heritage and untapped strengths to get it through periods of stress. Read More...
Abundant Marketing Resources Can Hinder Family Firm Innovation
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Strong market knowledge, great relationships with customers and suppliers, and a well-respected brand can actually deter family businesses from taking necessary risks to introduce something new. Read More...
How Three Women Upheld Family Values and Thrived Despite Adversity
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A family's enduring values, fully believed and truly lived, can be a compass in hard times and a competitive advantage. Read More...
Family Business Professors: 40 Ways to Energize Your Class
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These free classroom exercises, interviews and other resources will add new energy, fun and inspiration to your students' course work. Read More...
'Big Family:' Relatives Outside the Family Business Can Help It Thrive
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Too often, family businesses are caught up in their own small circle of relationships. Expanding that circle provides fresh perspectives and helps them thrive. Read More...
To Survive a Crisis, Re-Think Your Family’s Ties
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The good will and bonds that family members have with one another and with outside stakeholders can help the business survive. Read More...
Succession Planning Should Start Earlier Than You Think
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It's never too early to plan for succession and get family members ready for leadership. The authors share ideas from research and practice in this video and podcast. Read More...
FamilyBusiness.org's Editorial Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI Tools
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You are welcome to use these tools to help draft, revise, and/or expand on submitted articles -- but make sure you understand our rules. Read More...
FamilyBusiness.org Forges Alliance With Family Business Review
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Alliance will offer family-led enterprises around the world research-tested advice on how to build, manage and sustain vibrant businesses. Read More...
How All Kinds of Businesses Can Use AI Productively
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This video, also available as a podcast, explores how entrepreneurs, family businesses, and others can use artificial intelligence in practical ways. Read More...
Generative AI Can Help Grow Your Business
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Think of AI as a co-pilot to handle mundane tasks. The work that requires creativity, emotional intelligence, empathy, or trust will still be the province of humans. Read More...
Generative AI Can Help Family Businesses Innovate and Grow
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Technology can now take care of mundane tasks, and give people more time for satisfying, impactful work that requires creativity, emotional intelligence and empathy. Read More...
Family Business Succession, Innovation, and Compensation: What You Need to Know
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A family business scholar and a consultant discuss family values; succession planning; compensation for family and non-family members; and being bold without burning through resources. Read More...
How Families Can Run Their Businesses With Both Head and Heart
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In this audiocast, two family business experts discuss the passions and priorities of the family versus the need for clearheadedness and professionalism. Read More...
Succession, Money, and Relationships Were Top-10 Topics in 2023
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Our site visitors cared about getting the next generation ready for leadership, having a plan in place, and minimizing conflict and money woes. Read More...
Research-Based Advice for Family Businesses: Our 10 Best-Read Articles
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We've partnered with top researchers to bring their insights to our wide audience of family business owners and leaders. These articles resonated the most with readers. Read More...
Our Best Advice on Using AI to Grow Your Business
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Generative AI will be a disruptive tidal wave for all kinds of businesses. These articles show how to harness its force. Read More...
Family Business Succession: Your Questions Answered
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This new page of FamilyBusiness.org answers many of your most important questions about succession and has links to dozens of articles. Read More...
Using AI to Grow Your Family Business
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AI promises to be a tidal wave that wipes out old processes and re-shapes businesses at every stage. Top thinkers share their perspectives in these articles. Read More...
Can Physics Help Us Understand Why Ventures Fail?
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“Entrepreneurial entropy” is the natural result of pursuing innovation and opportunities. It can be deadly for struggling ventures that bet the house. Read More...
Articles About Relationships, Succession Were Top Draws in 2024
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Many readers wanted advice about handling toxic family relationships, managing succession, and preserving the family’s values over time. Read More...
ESG Essentials For Family Firms
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‘ESG is an existential issue. Businesses that don’t demonstrate their commitment to sustainable practices could be punished by consumers, the media and even regulators.’ Read More...