Category: Research Insight

Responsible Creativity: Turning Ideas into Business Reality

Without the guardrails of marketing capabilities and disciplined execution, unbridled creativity can bring financial and strategic losses, a study of international ventures showed. Creative Read more

Growing up privileged does make things easier, but entrepreneurs from less privileged backgrounds develop strengths that serve them well as business owners. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced Read more

Things to Consider When Transferring Family Business Ownership

Family business succession involves transferring ownership as well as management. Family circumstances and past events lead to three types of ownership transfers. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was Read more

Will Your Successors See Themselves as Heirs or Entrepreneurs?

Mentoring plays a huge role in shaping how the next generation views the role of family business leader, a study in China shows. “What’s important is not your experiences, but your feelings about Read more

What sounds delusional from one company might sound visionary from another. A study of AI startups showed that context is everything. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership with the Read more

Growth can bring unwanted side effects: leadership overload, employee burnout, more complicated systems and processes, and a change to the familiar culture. Growth is one of the holy grails of Read more

Family Business Leaders' Fear of Failure Can Inhibit Next Gens

When parents openly display fear of failing, it can unintentionally portray entrepreneurship as unsafe, undesirable, or even shameful. This doesn't help their successors or the business. Why do so Read more

Are the 'Best Practices' All Wrong for Your Family Business?

The best processes and systems come not from outside advisers and experts, but from how families actually live, relate to one another, and make decisions. Family businesses are more than economic Read more

Family CEOs May Encourage More Innovation Than Non-Family Leaders

While professional non-family leadership may bring some advantages, the stability brought by family leaders may encourage employees to innovate without fear of failure. Much research has focused on Read more

Family Culture Can Block (or Unlock) Innovation

Low trust, resistance to change, and intergenerational communication gaps can prevent new strategies and collaboration from taking root. Amid the picturesque artisan shops and robust industrial Read more