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By Kimberly Eddleston, Jamie Ladge and Keimei Sugiyama on Tue Feb 18 2020

The number of businesses run by women continues to grow – by 59% between 1997 and 2013 – and women now run between a quarter and a third of all private businesses worldwide. Yet their businesses Read more

By Ines Herrero and Mat Hughes on Mon Feb 03 2020

Close family ties can become a liability when they make owners insular, resistant to outside advice and less open to new knowledge. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership with the Read more

Many of today’s best innovations – the ones that have created powerhouse companies and have transformed industries, regions and society itself – started as a discovery in a lab. Firms that know Read more

By Sofia Bapna on Mon Jan 13 2020

By Sofia Bapna, Mary J. Benner and Liangfei Qiu Online social media communities have helped companies build customer loyalty and sales, but new firms starting from scratch to build those communities Read more

By Thomas Zellweger on Wed Jan 08 2020

A five-part framework can help family firms evaluate control, governance, complexity, priorities and succession to anticipate challenges and opportunities. It's been said that, “Once you have seen 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

Family businesses can innovate more effectively when their appetite for risk and tradition aligns with family cohesion and the diversity of family goals. When it comes to innovation, family firms Read more