Applied and Practice
An Applied and Practice article provides actionable ideas about how to start, manage, grow or fund a new venture. It should be written to appeal to entrepreneurs, managers, students, policymakers and other players. Its emphasis should be providing skills, insights and knowledge to help readers achieve success.
Length: <3,000 words
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I n 2011, Marc Andreessen famously wrote a prescient claim that “software is eating the world.” His prediction was that software companies would disrupt traditional industries and since then, Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Jon Eckhardt
With Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce making headlines across the globe, many are wondering how the split will affect their joint business dealings — especially the Gates Foundation, which they Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Jonas Ruzek
Part two of a two-part series. As new cases of COVID-19 emerge around the world (as of late July, 2021), the disease continues to remind us that the only certainty is uncertainty -- a theme I Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Mat Hughes
Second of a two-part series From our studies evaluating the effectiveness of boards at family firms, we’ve seen first-hand how strong boards can help family businesses be more successful. In our Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann
Networks are one of the most important resources entrepreneurs can have. Indeed, one of the few consistent findings in entrepreneurship research is that networks matter. Entrepreneurs with bigger and Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Ben Spigel and Kautsar Ramli
Part one of two Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing signs of a return to something resembling normality. Vaccination programs are now underway at a substantial pace, and Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Mat Hughes
For generations, grandmothers, mothers, daughters and aunts have played informal, behind-the-scenes but important roles in family businesses worldwide. They have provided critical emotional support Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Dora Jurd de Girancourt and Thami Ghorfi
More than 2 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water, and each year more than 1 million people die because of water-related diseases. These facts can make life unbearable for affected Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Coraima Yanez , Jennifer Long and Shilpa Alva
Should you join the growing number of family businesses that proudly promote the fact that they are (and have been) family owned – for decades, some even for centuries? Or do you prioritize your Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan
What do successful entrepreneurs do beyond generating wealth? This question holds interest for so many of us. Many wealthy individuals have the ability to buy whatever they want, do whatever they Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Niall MacKenzie , Martin Gannon and Jillian Gordon