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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 events and plenty of experts have weighed in on how to do it right. However, most of Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Leona Rethmann

How Family Businesses Survive Unexpected ‘Wild Cards’

In order to survive such long periods, family firms need to successfully manage operational performance Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Wojciech Czakon , Monika Hajdas and Joanna Radomska

Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

  Research on owner-manager experience has suggested that owner-managers who stay in one business Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham

Falling from Grace: How Scandals Affect Family Businesses

Family-based brands can also make customer relations easier to manage and strengthen the competitive Read More...

Category: Research Insight

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

How Family Firms Can Ensure Being Sustainable Pays Off

One of the greatest challenges today for any firm is to operate a sustainable business model. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Adrian Stutz , Sabrina Schell and Andreas Hack

Family Business Succession Planning: 10 Golden Rules

When issues of succession arise, families tend to concentrate on the operating business, since it demands Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Torsten Groth and Arist von Schlippe

How Families Can Run Their Businesses With Both Head and Heart

He's a managing director at Salomon Brothers, one of the world’s most respected Wall Street firms. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and R. Adam Smith

10 Things That Help Family Businesses Preserve Their Legacy

Yet, legacy is a fundamental ethos and mission of many family firms, and regardless of where they operate Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: R. Adam Smith

Keep the Founder's Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive in Future Generations

The rising generation may have contemplated their own role as future leaders of the operating business Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: David Werdiger