SEARCH RESULTS


A Family's Non-Financial Values Shape Its Sustainability Strategy

Based on a survey of 186 Italian family firms, a review of their company archives, and secondary research Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Josh Hsueh , Alfredo De Massis and Luis Gomez-Mejia

How Famous Family Firms Use Their History to Connect With Stakeholders

Through our research, we found that stories are part of a family business legacy, and communication and Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Luca Manelli , Vittoria Magrelli , Josip Kotlar , Federico Frattini and Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli

Family Business Succession, Innovation, and Compensation: What You Need to Know

In our research, we’ve seen that involving the next generation family members in the business’s decision-making Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and R. Adam Smith

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

The Biggest Mistakes Family Businesses Make With Their Boards

Family business researcher, lecturer, and advisor Claudia Binz Astrachan has studied first-hand how effective Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

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 Firms Help Non-Family Employees Feel Like Family

Our research indicates that a proactive CSR strategy improves non-family employees’ perception of the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Peter Jaskiewicz , Josh Hsueh , Elizabeth Tetzlaff and Giovanna Campopiano

From Solo to Team: Helping Siblings Maintain Your Valuable Outside Relationships

Here are some of the other key insights from our research Two Types of Successors: Insider and Outsider Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Luis Cisneros , Bérangère Deschamps and Sebastien Geindre

One Family, Multiple Businesses: Preserving Harmony and Profits

with FamilyBusiness.org Editor Kimberly Eddleston, Professor Rania Labaki shared insights from her research Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston