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...
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...
Disruption of Industries – The Impact of the AI Revolution
Long before MIT computer scientist John McCarthy coined the term artificial intelligence in 1956, we were fascinated by the idea of machines with human...
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...
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...
Smith Family Business Initiative at Cornell – Leveraging the Power of Family Networks in...
Despite forming the backbone of the global economy, family businesses still have limited choices tailored to their specific needs and challenges in the education...
Carbon Capture in an Environmentally Conscious Era
It was a landmark achievement. By ratifying the Paris Agreement on December 12th, 2015, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) set...
ARCO Group and Nigeria’s Continuously Evolving Oil and Gas Industry
In Nigeria’s booming oil and gas industry, the ARCO Group is atypical in its family-ownership and operation. Multinationals like Shell and ExxonMobil have a...
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...
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...
