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The Merck family business dates back to this apothecary, founded in 1668. The German Merck family has succeeded where many business families have failed: Keeping a group of 319 family members, Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Tom Rüsen , Claudia Binz Astrachan and Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp
Like all kinds of firms, family businesses have undergone a culture shock because of the pandemic. After starting out in the pandemic’s early days as a survival mechanism, remote work is now Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Jay Mulki
Words like “non-active” or “passive” are misnomers for family business members that work elsewhere. On the contrary, these “satellite” family members are quite active and beneficial to Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Author: Mat Hughes
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic being mostly behind us, many organizations, particularly family-led small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), are still grappling with the fallout. During a crisis or Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Qizhen Cai and Kimberly Eddleston
Ford, Estee Lauder, Hyatt. What do these names have in common? For starters, they are behind some of the largest family firms in the world. But they are also associated with a revolution in finance Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Author: Jeanne Roche
In her discussion with Matt Nielsen of Nielsen-Massey Vanillas International, Editor Kimberly Eddleston goes into a sensitive topic for many family firms: whether an outside leader is better equipped Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Matt Nielsen
Today women hold leadership positions in government, head up Fortune 500 companies, and oversee countless philanthropic programs. Yet in many successful family businesses, the roles of women remain Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Author: Amy Hart Clyne
From “Dallas” and “The Godfather” to “House of Gucci” and “Succession,” popular culture has always relished watching how resentments, squabbles and back-stabbing can pulse through a Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Rania Labaki and Fabian Bernhard
What happens at a family firm with shared ownership and leadership? Matt Nielsen, Managing Director of Nielsen-Massey Vanillas International Europe, is candid about the disagreements and stalemate Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
In late May, Tesla Chairman Elon Musk stunned the world by announcing that Tesla employees must return to the office full time or lose their jobs. Moreover, as the leaked Musk email pointed out, Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan and Lars B. Sonderegger