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The Best Family Business Boards Embrace Candor and 'Necessary Endings'

we’ve seen first-hand how strong boards can help family businesses be more successful. Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann

To Engage Business Students, Roll Out 'the Barrels'

, this fictional “choose your own adventure” case allows students to examine a family business within Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy

Take a CLEAN Look at Your Business Post-COVID-19

and family firms learn from adversity and emerge stronger. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Dave Ketchen and Christopher Craighead

Entrepreneurial Brinkmanship: Lessons Learned from Best Buy and FedEx

For these startups, the choice truly is between going big or going out of business. Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: James C Wetherbe

How Do You Know When It's Safe to Quit Your Day Job?

Deeds is an expert in business venturing, strategic management, entrepreneurship theory and practice. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

How to Pivot to Profit

Business history is full of tales about companies and business owners who struggled in their original Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Mark Stein

How Can We Define 'Innovation'?

I hear this question a lot in my work as a business school professor. Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Daniel Forbes

The Spectacular Rise of the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry

regulations, most importantly the Industrial Licensing Act of 1951, which restricted the expansion of businesses Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Kristin Brandl , Ram Mudambi and Vittoria G. Scalera

Retooling Products to Reach New Markets: The Lindt Candy Dilemma

Introduction Entrepreneurial businesses live and die according to the quality of their ideas. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

A Father/Son Sitdown: Howard and Steven Aldrich

In college a roommate and I had a Loft building business and summer storage business. Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Howard E. Aldrich