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By Valeria Alterman and Ariane Froidevaux on Thu Oct 07 2021

Pierre, a Swiss bakery co-owner for four decades, left his business behind when he reached age 65, the eligible retirement age in Switzerland. He was looking forward to leaving seven-day workweeks Read more

Based on interviews with 46 female family firm successors from 13 countries around the globe, we distill patterns of how the female successors were raised, how their career paths looked like, what Read more

By Andrea Calabrò on Fri Apr 16 2021

Succession is a defining moment in all family businesses, and making the right choice about who is going to be the next CEO can be critical to survival. Tradition, previous choices, and historical Read more

By Mat Hughes and Alfredo De Massis on Mon Jan 11 2021
Interviewee: Alfredo De Massis

Family businesses everywhere are responding to Covid-19 in profound ways, balancing the need to preserve cherished family traditions and social capital against the mandate to control costs at a time Read more

By Torsten Pieper and Joseph Astrachan on Thu Dec 03 2020

“When owners start talking about their rights rather than their responsibilities, a family business is in trouble“. (Smith Lanier) Introduction Management and organization research and education Read more

By Kimberly Eddleston on Mon Nov 16 2020
Interviewee: Giovanna Campopiano

Despite decades of striving and some progress, women still face a glass ceiling in many tradition-bound family businesses. In this interview with familybusiness.org Editor Kimberly Eddleston, Read more

By Aquesha Daniels, J.D. on Wed May 06 2020

Succession planning has been a heavily researched topic and buzzword for many years now. However, its lesser-known counterpart -- legacy planning – is becoming a part of many families' personal Read more