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In 2003 Noam Wasserman introduced the term “Paradox of Success” to describe how software company founders were more likely to be replaced as their startups attracted more capital or went public. Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Authors: Jon Eckhardt , Marc Junkunc and Mingxiang Li
Research identifies six practices that help Germany's Mittelstand family firms innovate successfully despite constraints on capital and talent. Family firms often face limits on the financial and Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Alfredo De Massis
Entrepreneurship history is filled with events, places and people who are now legendary or even sacred. In the beginning of the 20th century, New York’s Lower East Side became a place where Jewish Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Howard E. Aldrich and Stephen Lippmann
Joe Brito says relatives should earn their place by starting at the bottom, learning the business and proving themselves before moving into leadership roles. Joe Brito, the third-generation head of Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Joseph Brito, Jr.
James Wetherbe is the Richard Schulze Distinguished Professor at the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University. Previously he served on the faculty and the University of Houston, Minnesota Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Jon Eckhardt
How Outside Executives Can Help Family Businesses Grow and Survive Family firms can outgrow the skills of their founders. Hiring experienced outside leaders can strengthen the business and prepare the next generation to lead. Cultures around the world acknowledge Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Robert Sher
By asking what-if questions, family businesses can identify threats to their business model and prepare strategies before major changes arrive. While the world around them is changing at a faster and Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Franz Kellermanns and Nadine Kammerlander
The Marginal Income Model helps new independent workers estimate startup costs, cash needs, pricing, breakeven and how long their money may last. Today people can no longer count on a steady paycheck Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Roy Carriker
According to Benjamin Franklin, life has only two certainties, death and taxes. It would appear, however, that the business world also has its own two certainties – the growth imperative and the Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Jason Pattit and Katherina Pattit
Traditional classroom lecture/discussion formats, followed by quizzes and exams, don’t prepare graduates for explaining their innovation to real-world skeptics. Editor's Note: Click to download Jim Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: James C Wetherbe