Category: Research Insight

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

Resilience-seeking is not primarily about outperforming rivals but about adapting to a broad range of unexpected challenges that fall outside market competition. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was Read more

Are Your Family and Business Thriving Together - Or Undermining Each Other?

Like organisms in nature, the relationship between family and business can be mutually beneficial or detrimental. Here's how to strengthen both spheres. EDITOR‘S NOTE: This article was produced in Read more

Startups in remote locations can now leverage digitized knowledge to compete on more equal footing with companies in established innovation hubs. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in Read more

The greatest value incubators can offer social entrepreneurs is training in the language, norms, and rules of business. A new generation of entrepreneurial incubators and accelerators focused Read more

CEOs Who've Been Mentored Achieve Better Financial Results

Family firms where the departing CEO has mentored the successor enjoyed stronger return on assets. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership with Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, a Read more

Merging With Another Family Firm is Safer and Smarter

Family business mergers enjoy greater harmony and better financial performance than mergers involving non-family firms. Mergers and acquisitions represent one of the most significant strategic Read more

Traits like Machiavellianism and psychopathy can influence a person to start a venture, above and beyond more benign factors like being extroverted or agreeable. Which personality traits make people Read more

Nonfamily CEOs Are Most Vulnerable in the Middle Stage of Their Tenure

Family businesses tend to give all CEOs time to prove themselves, but are tougher on outsiders who don’t deliver results after a few years. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership Read more