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By Kimberly Eddleston and Daniel Forbes on Fri Dec 18 2020

The end of the year is typically a time to for EIX and familybusiness.org to showcase their best-read articles from the past year in several broad themes: evaluating opportunities, financing, Read more

By Doug Baumoel on Thu Dec 10 2020

Family businesses are unique, with many advantages that stand them in good stead during times of crisis. While there are unique strengths for family-owned firms working in a world changed by Read more

By Mat Hughes and Torsten Pieper on Tue Dec 01 2020

For family firms, the Covid 19 experience has been compared to being battlefield doctors: they are surrounded by trauma and uncertainty, and forced to make decisions without any precedent to guide Read more

By Rania Labaki on Mon Nov 23 2020

Women can be indispensable in times of trouble, but the glass ceiling and the glass cliff still hold them back, even at family firms. Seven things to think about. Crisis is part of every Read more

By Tommaso Minola, Mario Salerno and Daniel Agyare on Thu Nov 05 2020

In May of 2020, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky sent a letter to all Airbnb employees around the world announcing the layoff of nearly 1,900 of the 7,500 employees (referred to as "teammates), Read more

By Claudia Binz Astrachan on Fri Oct 16 2020

For this research, we surveyed over 1,000 family businesses around the world, with the objective to identify the most effective measures to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. What sets our research Read more

By Kerry Hannon on Tue Oct 06 2020

Mike Kravinsky, an independent filmmaker (This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, the Read more

By Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall on Wed Sep 23 2020

While both men and women may be struggling to balance work and family commitments during the unique challenges posed by the Covid-19 environment, the bulk of childcare and eldercare has tended to Read more

These are turbulent times. Battered from the pandemic’s economic hardship, and following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, citizens of all races, ages and other Read more

By Kerry Hannon on Wed Jul 01 2020

This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, the Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange . Part of the Read more