Family Institutions - Orchestrating the Family Company

Family Institutions - Orchestrating the Family Company

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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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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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CHALHOUB GROUP – Entrepreneurial Drive and Sustainable Vision

Interview with Anthony Chalhoub and Patrick Chalhoub, Co-CEOs of Chalhoub Group The Chalhoub Group values family, professionalism, and sustainability. As one of the leading luxury...
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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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Obegi Group – Maintaining Family Values

The Obegi Group is one of a few family businesses in the region that can call themselves centenarian. The four-hundred-year Ottoman Empire had entered...
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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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Nurol Holding – Visions of a Turkish Family Enterprise

Interview with Ceyda Carmikli, Nurol REIT, Turkey The Carmikli family has been in business for as long as they can all remember. Eyüp Sabri Carmikli...
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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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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...