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FamilyBusiness.org aims to provide family business owners and leaders advice that helps them be more successful. One important source of advice is based on research: rigorous studies that analyze Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Mat Hughes
Every business strives to recruit and hire the best employees and to retain them over time. Creating and nurturing a workplace environment that contributes to productivity and helps the firm achieve Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Josep Llach , Valeriano Sanchez-Famoso and Dr. Sharon M. Danes
A comprehensive and convincing vision is crucial in helping family businesses be successful over generations. However, many lectures and course exercises that prepare future leaders merely ask Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Friedrich Kammerlander
Pandemics, wars, and natural disasters can have a significant impact on the economy and its organizations. Such events are called “exogenous shocks” because they come without warning from Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Rebecca Alguera Kleine , Bingbing Ge and Alfredo De Massis
Succession is the biggest threat to the robust returns of family business ownership . If you don’t master the three perilous stages of transition, you risk damaging your family business and legacy. Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Ryan Renteria
While there are many routes to success, research shows that entrepreneurial business families should consider the possible impact of where they live on how they grow. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Philipp Sieger , Naveed Akhter and Francesco Chirico
FamilyBusiness.org, a leading resource for family business owners, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in learning more about family businesses, is excited to announce the launch of its new YouTube Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Jennifer Gessner
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
Interviewee: Jenny Dinnen , Katie Rucker