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Does the Family Matter? Improving Executive Compensation Practices in Family Firms

Academic research has tried to address some of these questions, but much more is needed. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Roland Kidwell , Anneleen Michiels and Isabel C Botero

Playing the Succession Game to Ensure Family Business Continuity

In our research paper published in 2016, we showed how game theory can be used to weigh the tangible Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Shital Jayantilal , Sílvia Jorge and Tomas M. Bañegil Palacios

How to Fix Succession Conflicts Stemming From Complicated Families

It’s based on our study of what other researchers have found and on our interviews with 13 members of Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Leona Rethmann and Nadine Kammerlander

Managing Emotional Minefields Within Family Businesses

Our research also found that families adopt “rules” for how to display their emotions (also known as Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Dr. Ayoosha Saleem , Francesco Barbera , Simon de Jong and Arvid Hoffmann

How Family Dynamics Shape Family Businesses

His interviewer is Claudia Binz Astrachan, his wife and a researcher and lecturer on family business Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Joseph Astrachan and Claudia Binz Astrachan

How Family Firms Can Prevent (or Cool Down) Sibling Rivalries

advice of acclaimed Northeastern University professor of applied psychology, Laurie Kramer, whose research Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Jonas Ruzek and Kimberly Eddleston

Family Business Experts: How to Survive the Holidays

Gallen, and Director of the Swiss Research Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (KMU-HSG) Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Developing Your Business Family Strategy: Where to Start and What to Consider

For over 20 years, we at WIFU[1] have been doing research and consulting with long-lasting business families Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Isabel C Botero , Arist von Schlippe and Torsten Groth

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

 To help families in these situations, we looked at what other researchers have found and unearthed Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Leona Rethmann

Successful Successions are Never Smooth

Journal of Business Research, 61(6), 609-614. Spector, B. (2011). Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan