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'There's No Birthright' and Other Tips for Raising Entrepreneurial Leaders

Joe Brito, the third-generation head of C.B. Utility Co. in Bristol, Rhode Island, started his career in the family business as a laborer. He firmly believes that anybody entering their family Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

From Entitlement to Contribution

When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. -- Robert Bly A client told me once that all a family member needed to come Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Robert Caldwell

How Family Firms Can Prevent (or Cool Down) Sibling Rivalries

Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 36(2): 369-386. Federer, D. (2015, May 1). Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Jonas Ruzek and Kimberly Eddleston

What All Family Businesses Can Learn From the Merck Family

They regularly create opportunities to spend time together both socially (as a family) and formally ( Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Claudia Binz Astrachan and Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp

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