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The New Family Business Powerhouses: Wives and Moms

Today women hold leadership positions in government, head up Fortune 500 companies, and oversee countless Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Amy Hart Clyne

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

Everyday Gratitude in Times of Uncertainty

A Powerful Leadership Strategy From our own experiences through COVID and from Dr. Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Carol Wittmeyer

A Road Map for Resurgence

best-read articles from the past year in several broad themes: evaluating opportunities, financing, leadership Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Daniel Forbes

Should Your Next CEO be From Outside the Family?

his two siblings wear -- as primary shareholders, directors and family members -- and how outside leadership Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Four Things that the Best Family Business Boards Do Well

you can’t put a number on it, you should have a keen sense of how much your board has supported leadership Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann

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