Nadine Kammerlander

Nadine Kammerlander Public Member EIX Editor Family Business Editor
Member Since: October 27, 2017
Professor of Family Business Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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Authored Resources

Learn to Defend Your Family Firm

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This classroom exercise helps future family firm members learn to anticipate outside threats to their business and defend it.

When entrepreneurs raise entrepreneurs

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Instead of joining the family business, sometimes children want to go their own way. What then?

The Making of Successful Female Family-Enterprise Leaders

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Our discussions with 46 women from family firms around the world yielded insights about their challenges, their strengths and their influences -- including grandmothers.

Let the Next Generation of Family Firm Leaders Chart Their Own Path

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Entrepreneurial and digital experiences equip next-generation family members to help the family business identify new revenue streams and grow to new heights.

It’s Complicated: Managing Succession in Cases of Divorce and Adoption

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As families become more complex, so does planning for succession in the business. Part 1 of our 2-part series looks at how to minimize the risks for conflict.

How to Fix Succession Conflicts Stemming From Complicated Families

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Warring ex-spouses, far-flung families...Part 2 of our two-part series looks at how to fix succession challenges that are already underway.

Helping Next-Gens Envision Their Family Firm’s Future Success

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This classroom exercise seeks to motivate future family firm leaders to think ahead and design a holistic vision of their family firm in 10-15 years, covering many different (and potentially conflicting) aspects of it.

How Do Owners of Family Business Portfolios Restructure Poorly Performing Firms?

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Families can get emotionally attached to laggards in their portfolios and avoid taking tough but necessary action, putting the entire enterprise in peril.

When Family Businesses Should Think Like Private Equity Firms

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Adopting all or even some PE investor strategies can add value and enhance competitiveness, especially when a successor takes over or the company may be sold.