Family Institutions - Orchestrating the Family Company

Family Institutions - Orchestrating the Family Company

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EDUCATION: Building Scientific Foundations in the Family Business Field

Interview with Prof. Mattias Nordqvist, CeFEO, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden Located in the south of Sweden is the Centre for Family Enterprise and Ownership...
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What’s in a Name? FFI

By Judy Green, President, FFI While the topic of family business has recently received attention, just a few decades ago only a handful of organisations...
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From Traditional to Blended Cultures: How Family Enterprises Manage Transitions Across Generations

By Prof. Dennis T. Jaffe and Dr. James Grubman Every business family has a unique character. Yet, each family business springs forth from a cultural...
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SPOTLIGHT: The Tan Family and the Strength of Unity

Interview with Sunny Tan, CFO and Executive Director of Luen Thai Holdings Ltd. The Luen Thai Group celebrates its 50th birthday this year. The group’s...
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SPOTLIGHT: The Family Businesses of China – The Old and the New

Photo by Manuel Joseph from Pexels Interview with David Chang Co-Founding Partner, G9 China Private Office Secretary General, China Family Office Association China’s exponential economic growth...
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FAMILIES IN FINANCE: Banking on Family – The Dao Story

Interview with Nelson D. Dao, President of the Board of Supervisory Directors at Bancaribe Curacao Bank In 1926, N.D. Dao travelled from Lebanon to Venezuela to visit...
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FAMILIES IN FINANCE: My Grandfather’s Briefcase – Story of the Meghraj Group

Interview with Binoy Meghraj, Executive Vice Chairman of Meghraj Group Nearly one hundred years ago, Meghji Pethraj Shah left his homeland of India for East...
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SPECIAL FEATURE: Family Institutions – The Realities of Implementation

Interview with Sanaa Abouzaid, MENA Corporate Governance Lead, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Family institutions are all very well in theory. We understand their benefits and...
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SPECIAL FEATURE: 3 Family Institution Case Studies

There are as many solutions as there are family businesses when it comes to chosing the right family institutions. The following anonymous cases are...
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Family Institutions – An Opportunity for the Future

By Farida F. El Agamy, Attorney-at-Law, General Manager of Tharawat Family Business Forum Anyone who is part of a family business knows how addressing important...