Profile
Member Since 2017
Public Member, EIX Editor, Family Business Editor
Nadine Kammerlander
Professor of Family Business / Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group / WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
AUTHORED RESOURCES
How Family Firms Can Use Scenario Planning to Survive Disruption
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By asking what-if questions, family businesses can identify threats to their business model and prepare strategies before major changes arrive. Read More...
Why Family Business Successors Are Starting Their Own Companies First
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Many next-generation family members launch startups to gain independence, credibility and skills before deciding whether to join the family business. Read More...
The Making of Successful Female Family-Enterprise Leaders
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Our discussions with 46 women from family firms around the world yielded insights about their challenges, their strengths and their influences -- including grandmothers. Read More...
Let the Next Generation of Family Firm Leaders Chart Their Own Path
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Entrepreneurial and digital experiences equip next-generation family members to help the family business identify new revenue streams and grow to new heights. Read More...
It’s Complicated: Managing Succession in Cases of Divorce and Adoption
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As families become more complex, so does planning for succession in the business. Part 1 of our 2-part series looks at how to minimize the risks for conflict. Read More...
How to Fix Succession Conflicts Stemming From Complicated Families
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Warring ex-spouses, far-flung families...Part 2 of our two-part series looks at how to fix succession challenges that are already underway. Read More...
Helping Next-Gens Envision Their Family Firm’s Future Success
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This classroom exercise seeks to motivate future family firm leaders to think ahead and design a holistic vision of their family firm in 10-15 years, covering many different (and potentially conflicting) aspects of it. Read More...
How Do Owners of Family Business Portfolios Restructure Poorly Performing Firms?
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Families can get emotionally attached to laggards in their portfolios and avoid taking tough but necessary action, putting the entire enterprise in peril. Read More...
When Family Businesses Should Think Like Private Equity Firms
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Adopting all or even some PE investor strategies can add value and enhance competitiveness, especially when a successor takes over or the company may be sold. Read More...