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By Thomas Zellweger on Wed Jan 08 2020

It's been said that, “Once you have seen one family firm, you have seen just one family firm.” While it’s popular to say that every family firm is unique, as a researcher I take issue with the Read more

By Daniel Forbes on Tue Dec 17 2019

New firms must attract two kinds of resources: talent and money. A recent study that I conducted with Tom Vanacker of Ghent University explored how a new firm's affiliations with venture capital Read more

By Rani Bhattacharyya and Jennifer Hawkins on Fri Nov 29 2019

In recent decades, the U.S. has experienced significant economic shifts as changes occur in technology, globalization and other societal trends. These economic changes have affected different areas Read more

By Kevin Bryan and András Tilcsik on Tue Nov 19 2019

Many venture capital firms, business accelerators and other investors see the strength of the founding team as an important predictor of whether their investment will pay off. No wonder that many Read more

By Salvatore Tomaselli and Danilo Maurici on Thu Sep 12 2019

Conceptualization that is induced by the play (Kolb & Kolb. 2005). This study echoes the thesis of John Dewey (1916), one of the most influential thinkers in educational theory in the 20th century, Read more

By Emanuela Rondi, Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar on Fri Aug 30 2019

When it comes to innovation, family firms often are trapped in an “ability–willingness paradox”: the superior ability to innovate is unrealized because of fear of innovation. Our research 1 Read more

By Lawrence Trautman and Wayne Aho on Thu Aug 08 2019

Note: This is the first of two articles that explore crowdfunding's emergence as an important source of capital for entrepreneurs and others; its history and an overview of how the major crowdfunding Read more

By Sharon Belenzon on Mon Apr 29 2019

What's in a name? For many family-run businesses, the business name and family name are the same, linking the reputations of the two, for better or worse. New family business owners often grapple Read more

By Sharon Belenzon on Mon Apr 29 2019

By Sharon Belanzon, Aaron K. Chatterji and Brendan Daley Business history is filled with legendary companies named for their founders: Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, McKinsey Read more

By Sandy Yu and Lee Fleming on Wed Apr 10 2019

By Sandy Yu, Scott Johnson, Chiayu Lai, Antonio Cricelli and Lee Fleming As Silicon Valley, Boston and metropolitan New York show, entrepreneurship can drive the prosperity of a region -- creating Read more