Toys – More than Just Fun and Games
The Argentinian company Juguetes Rasti was founded in 1965 by Antonio Dimare, an Italian immigrant with a passion for making toys. The original Rasti...
Les Mills – A Family in Fitness for Three Generations
Understanding the transformative power of group fitness helped Phillip Mills, the Managing Director of Les Mills, grow his family’s New Zealand-based gym business across...
STRATEGY: The Emergence of Holding Companies
Holding companies are an interesting legal construct – they are not operational, so do not provide a product or service – but their business...
Impact Investment – Financially Sound Companies Contributing Positive Change to the World
Impact investing is a relatively new phenomenon but holds the potential to radically change the entire investment landscape. With a focus on positive social...
Nova – Exporting Peruvian Innovation
Inspired by his boyhood experiences as an assistant to the local blacksmith, engineer Máximo San Román built a business developing machines for kneading, baking...
Samuel Hubbard Shoe Company – The Extraordinary Story of How Bruce Katz Found His...
The diversity of the Katz family’s experience in the shoe industry is remarkable. From climbing the ladder into factory ownership and building boots for...
Longevity in the Family Business Context
Judy Green, PhD, is president of the Family Firm Institute, an international professional association of individuals and organisations that advise and study multi-generational family...
ISKU – 90 Years of Family and Furniture
The design and manufacture of top-quality office furniture has been the Vikström family’s passion for 90 years.
ISKU, the Vikström’s business, has built a...
PAUL – The Global Bakery
Instantly recognised by its stylishly minimalist signage: elegant white lettering on a clean black background, bakery Paul boasts over 700 sales points on four...
PSYCHOLOGY: How to Keep the Impostor Phenomenon from Holding You Back
More than 25 years later, Guy French (modified name) still remembers the unshakable feeling of dread. He had just begun his studies at a...
