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Winemakers Provide Lessons on Resilience

Winemaking provided the perfect industry to study because the vintners operate in a dynamic environment Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Alfredo De Massis , Elisa Conz and Peter Lamb

Remembering Clay Christensen

This recent blog post by University of Toronto strategy professor Josh Gans offers some thoughtful and Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Daniel Forbes

Who Will Be Your Competitors in the Future?

Often, indirect competitors operate in your market, industry, and even beyond, but they haven’t contested Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Stephen Downing , Jin-Su Kang and Gideon Markman

How to Pivot to Profit

These sudden changes in business strategy are called pivots. Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Mark Stein

'Big Family:' Relatives Outside the Family Business Can Help It Thrive

Some of these family businesses have operated over generations in the fishery and other family members Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Mat Hughes

Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

organizational factors such as structure (Ford and Slocum, 1977), innovation (Damanpour, 1992), strategy Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham

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

To Engage Business Students, Roll Out 'the Barrels'

The Barrel family has decided that a strategy-setting session is needed to move the business forward. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy

My Life as a Globe-Trotting Solo Entrepreneur

Most of the brands I work with operate in the travel industry, but I’ve also delved into hospitality, Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Sarah Lempa and Daniel Forbes

How to Encourage Devotion Among Nonfamily Employees

Our key sources were non-family senior executives who were key decision makers, who oversaw major operations Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Josep Llach , Valeriano Sanchez-Famoso and Dr. Sharon M. Danes