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COVID-19: Understanding the Board’s Key Role During a Crisis

Sharing Information & Best Practices: A multi-unit company should create crisis teams at both the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Joseph Astrachan , Andrew Keyt , Hermut Kormann and Claudia Binz Astrachan

Women Can Help Family Firms Innovate – but Socioemotional Factors Matter

Women can offer different perspectives than men and contribute to top management team's strategic decision Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Jonathan Bauweraerts , Emanuela Rondi , Paola Rovelli , Alfredo De Massis and Salvatore Sciascia

How Older Family Businesses Can Keep the Magic Going

the ownership was in the hands of a family and at least one family member was in the top management team Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Sabine Rau , Sabrina Schell and Arndt Werner

LegalZoom Co-Founder: Trick Yourself to do the Impossible

The sort of hands-on firefighter that works on the early days on the product he runs, the sales team Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Nicholas Vitalari

Four Things that the Best Family Business Boards Do Well

board’s interactions and relationships with other individuals or groups, such as the top management team Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann

Too Much Love in the Family Can Hurt

They are capable of connecting teams of individuals within the company to encourage innovation, and they Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Ines Herrero and Mat Hughes

'CHAOS' Brings Order to Family Businesses

family council;  Courting the opinions of external advisors; Opening the board and the management team Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Salvatore Sciascia

Women Can Help Their Family Businesses Navigate Crisis

Similarly, research has shown that a gender-balanced management team and board are best for family business Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Rania Labaki

How 'Job Creators' Think

Like many mapping projects, the exploration required results in a sometimes surprising assembly of new Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Keith Brigham , Ron Mitchell and Jeff Stambaugh

Family Businesses Must Plan for the Unthinkable

The exercise of coming up with the new questions can again be a job for the team charged with discerning Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Joseph Astrachan