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For family businesses, branding goes well beyond logos and advertising slogans. It gets to the heart of what makes a family firm successful and admired by customers, suppliers, employees and other Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Have you heard this before? “If it wasn’t for my in-laws, our family would be fine!” Such frustrated statements are typically followed by rants about how someone spends too lavishly, does not Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Torsten Pieper
Most significant wealth is created through entrepreneurship, and in many countries family business plays a large role. But once the family business is established and successful, what further Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: David Werdiger
When Katie Rucker was asked to lead a $15 million fundraiser for a local Ronald McDonald House, her twin sister Jenny Dinnen at first worried about running the family business without her co-leader. Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
This case study invites students to identify the underlying issues, stakes, and potential pathways forward for a troubled family office. Students also explore problems surrounding the evolution of Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Torsten Pieper and Claudia Binz Astrachan
Around the world, women have always been part of family businesses. However, little is known about how they affect the continuity of family firms in certain areas of the world, especially patriarchal Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Allan Discua Cruz , Eleanor Hamilton , Giovanna Campopiano and Sarah Jack
For better or worse, our genetics and childhood experiences spill into our adult lives -- and in the case of family businesses, they affect how we view our family coworkers and the wealth our Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
From small shops to large multinational corporations, family-owned firms are the anchoring organization in our society. They are pervasive, expanding, and a core employer of human capital and Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: R. Adam Smith
FamilyBusiness.org Senior Editor Mat Hughes recently appeared on R. Adam Smith’s LinkedIn channel to talk about a challenge that all family businesses face: the pull between the passions and Read More...
Category: Interviews
Authors: Mat Hughes and R. Adam Smith
Many people assume that when a family business honors its past, it can’t focus on the future. But our research has found that having the right incentives in place encourages employees at family Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Elisa Villani , Christian Linder , Alfredo De Massis and Kimberly Eddleston