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Hidden Resources: How Family Firms Use Their Past to Innovate
Family business researchers and practitioners have highlighted the distinct pool of resources including human, social and financial capital that can boost innovation performance in...
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Hidden Resources: How Family Firms Use Their Past to Innovate
Family business researchers and practitioners have highlighted the distinct pool of resources including human, social and financial capital that can boost innovation performance in...
Sustaining Family Culture and Preparing The Next Gen
In this podcast, we speak to Viscount Stormont, 16th generation member of his family legacy, about what it means to sustain a family culture...
Dolce & Gabbana: Made in Italy
They say that “You can take the boy out of Sicily but you can’t take Sicily out of the boy." For Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce,...
The Stunning Rise and Fall of the Astor Family Empire
It was an image so rich in irony that it was almost poetic. Some of the last heirs of the legendary Astor family living...
Steinway & Sons: A 160 Year Legacy of Musical Excellence
For any emerging family-owned enterprise, a professional endorsement can go a long way to increasing brand awareness and market credibility. But only a select...
uSfuur: Supporting Syrian Refugee Communities, One Piece of Jewelry at a Time
Yara Tiass is a Syrian-born entrepreneur who was deeply impacted by the devastation in her home country. After completing an MBA in Paris, she moved to...
5 Shocking Mergers and Acquisitions by Major Companies
Earlier this year, American cable giant Comcast called off a potential merger with Time Warner Cable after coming under a firestorm of criticism from...
How the McMahon’s Turned the WWE into a 4th Generation Family Business Empire
Vince McMahon is a man known for wearing many hats. To many, he is the face and force behind what is now known as...
Block by Block, Piece by Piece: The Story of Lego
How did the Kristiansen family from Denmark turn their small local toy company into Lego, perhaps the most successful and globally recognizable toy brand...
How Family Strategy Can Increase Family Cohesion and Business Connectivity
Family-owned businesses which install a family charta with binding rules are economically more successful. Moreover, a family constitution strengthens the “family peace” (emotional cohesion)...
3 Best Practices for New Product Development in Family Firms
Family business governance can substantially influence the family firms’ ability to cope with novelty, uncertainty, and complexity, and thus play a key role in...
Four Ways Nepotism Can Hurt Your Family Business
Few words in modern business culture carry as much stigma as that of “nepotism”. The word immediately harkens negative feelings of corruption, unfairness, and...
A 16th Generation Family Legacy
On the border to the Scottish Highlands, stands Scone Palace. Today, a historic five-star tourism attraction, Scone’s history traces back at least to the...
