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Breaking the Glass Ceiling in a Family Business

Giovanna Campopiano of Lancaster University talks about her research into what holds women back from leadership Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Developing responsible owners in family business

Responsible owners have the ability to ask critical questions and hold the firm’s management and leadership Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Torsten Pieper and Joseph Astrachan

Women Can Help Family Firms Innovate – but Socioemotional Factors Matter

Around Europe and elsewhere, the number of women in leadership roles is going up, and they are having Read More...

Category: Research Insight

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

Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

Only about a third of family businesses make it to a second generation beyond the founder.  Conventional wisdom says that these firms falter because the owners didn’t have a succession Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham

How to Bridge Generations in a Family Business

This means all family members need to earn their right to management and leadership roles. Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Jessica Thiefels

Women Entrepreneurs Have Limited Chances to Lead Their New Businesses

Women who start new businesses with men have limited opportunities to move into leadership roles, according Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Howard E. Aldrich

Too Much Love in the Family Can Hurt

  Leadership in family businesses should identify the boundary spanners within their firm and give Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Ines Herrero and Mat Hughes

To Engage Business Students, Roll Out 'the Barrels'

children are heavily involved in the company and they all anticipate their father's choice to assume leadership Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy

Understand Your Family Firm's Core Strengths and Weaknesses

Learn More Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Family Firms: An Assessment Tool Outside Leadership Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Thomas Zellweger

Helping Women Entrepreneurs Succeed: What's Needed Now

And one of the reasons why is because just historically the leadership, and mentorship, and natural bank Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston