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What All Family Businesses Can Learn From the Merck Family

The German Merck family has succeeded where many business families have failed: Keeping a group of 319 Read More...

Category: Commentary

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

The 'Fredo Factor:' How Deadbeats and Troublemakers Hurt Family Businesses

But like many family businesses, they have a family member who is a serious hindrance to their business Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Why Does EOS/Traction Work So Well for Family Businesses?

Imagine this not so uncommon family business situation. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Sara Stern

How Family Business Leaders Can Encourage Both Devotion and Performance

Family businesses have unique strengths and unique problems because they blend two identities -- "family Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Roland Kidwell and Kathryn Kloepfer

Family Office Continuity in the Time of COVID19

Family businesses everywhere are trying hard to adapt to the loss of business in the time of pandemic Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Hung-bin Ding and Dr. Rosa Nelly Trevinyo-Rodriguez

Non-Family Board Members Bring Perspective and Growth

  What happens at a family firm with shared ownership and leadership? Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

A Family Firm Can Be Both an Innovator and a Great Place to Work

A study we undertook of one fourth-generation family business in Germany, Carl Schlenk AG, provides some Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Ruth Überbacher , Leopold von Schlenk-Barnsdorf , Alfredo De Massis and Marcel Hülsbeck

Understand Your Family Firm's Core Strengths and Weaknesses

However, looking into the wide and growing family business literature, I would say that family firms Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Thomas Zellweger

Should Your Next CEO be From Outside the Family?

Nielsen-Massey Vanillas International, Editor Kimberly Eddleston goes into a sensitive topic for many family Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston