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How Families Can Run Their Businesses With Both Head and Heart

Adam Smith’s LinkedIn channel to talk about a challenge that all family businesses face: the pull between Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and R. Adam Smith

Falling from Grace: How Scandals Affect Family Businesses

Promoting the family behind the family business can often bring benefits. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Carlotta Benedetti , Cristina Bettinelli and Alfredo De Massis

How Three Women Upheld Family Values and Thrived Despite Adversity

Family businesses are unique because the family values held by their founders shape the very fabric of Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Boyka Simeonova and Mat Hughes

Research-Based Advice for Family Businesses: Our 10 Best-Read Articles

FamilyBusiness.org aims to provide family business owners and leaders advice that helps them be more Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Mat Hughes

Generative AI Can Help Family Businesses Innovate and Grow

value for businesses; ways to use generative AI like ChatGPT effectively in business; and the steps family Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Mat Hughes and Paavo Ritala

Successful Successions are Never Smooth

; to strengthen relationships among family members and family branches; to improve communication frequency Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

Succession Planning Should Start Earlier Than You Think

Family businesses everywhere are responding to the succession challenge in profound ways. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and Mira Bloemen-Bekx

How the Right Mix of Employee Incentives Fosters Innovation

Many people assume that when a family business honors its past, it can’t focus on the future. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Elisa Villani , Christian Linder , Alfredo De Massis and Kimberly Eddleston

It’s Complicated: Managing Succession in Cases of Divorce and Adoption

Part 1 of 2 -- Family business succession planning clearly is among a family business’s most challenging Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Leona Rethmann

How to Encourage Devotion Among Nonfamily Employees

The owning family’s social identity is not only about membership in the family, but it also includes Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Josep Llach , Valeriano Sanchez-Famoso and Dr. Sharon M. Danes