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By David Deeds on Mon Mar 16 2020
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks we will be publishing articles on familybusiness.org and EIX.org to help businesses weather the turmoil caused by COVID19. Visit our home page daily for more Read more |
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By Chris Farrell on Tue Feb 18 2020
This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange . Part of the Read more |
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By Kimberly Eddleston on Mon Feb 10 2020
Interviewee:
Susan Laverick
Every family business founded or led by a man eventually must go through a changing of the guard -- and today more women relatives are taking over the helm from a patriarch. Despite this progress, Read more |
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By Ines Herrero and Mat Hughes on Mon Feb 03 2020
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership with the Journal of Family Business Strategy, a leading journal in the field of family business, as part of our mission to bring Read more |
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Only about a third of family businesses make it to a second generation beyond the founder. Conventional wisdom says that these firms falter because the owners didn’t have a succession plan, or the Read more |
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Family firms typically emphasize one of two management approaches: stewardship, which stresses participation, adaptability and family harmony; and agency, which emphasizes discipline, management and Read more |
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By Thomas Zellweger on Wed Jan 08 2020
It's been said that, “Once you have seen one family firm, you have seen just one family firm.” While it’s popular to say that every family firm is unique, as a researcher I take issue with the Read more |
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By Kimberly Eddleston on Tue Dec 17 2019
While the holidays are supposed to bring magic and joy to people’s lives, they are also an immense source of anxiety and stress. Family can be the root cause of this stress -- and families who run Read more |
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By Chris Farrell on Fri Nov 22 2019
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 |
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By Chris Farrell on Tue Oct 01 2019
(This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX .) Second-act entrepreneurship is a certifiable trend, Read more |