Resiliency in Family Businesses: A New Tool for Advisors
Editorial by Joseph J Horak, PhD, President, Family Business Solutions, Grand Rapids, USA; Entrepreneur in Residence and Honorary Teaching Fellow, Lancaster University Management School,...
Setting Boundaries while Building Empathy in the Family Business
Business-owning families face the dilemma of living out their professional concerns in non-professional contexts – a situation that Pete Walsh is all too familiar...
Peru’s First Mobile Blood Bank: Two Family Businesses Join Forces to Save Lives
Jose Juan Ciccia and Victor Jose Alfaro are both second-generation members of successful Peruvian family businesses. Jose runs CIVA, the tourism, transport and logistics...
Tanweer: Resilience and Adaptability
Greek entrepreneur of Syrian origin, Joseph Samaan, knew that re-establishing his business in another country offered a paradox of seemingly insurmountable challenges and unmissable...
Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Impact, Import and Export
According to Dr Huju Liu, a Canadian expert on immigrant entrepreneurship, the correlation between immigration and international trade becomes more relevant with each passing...
Norrøna: Natural Leaders
For Norrøna, a Norwegian family business at the forefront of the outdoor clothing industry, respect for the natural world is woven in. Jørgen Jørgensen,...
Strength Through Boundaries: Implementing Structure in a Boundless Business
According to Rob Lachenauer and Omar Romman, establishing boundaries is a delicate, multigenerational balancing act, but one that strengthens a business by preparing it...
Risks and Rewards: The Legacy of Grupo GTD
Manuel Casanueva left a profitable career as a civil engineer to become an entrepreneur – a great risk which paid off. His venture, Grupo...
Exceptional Movers – The Ripple Effects of Immigrant Entrepreneurship
Editorial by Vincent Valeri, Family Enterprise Advisor and Legacy Coach, Canada and Ramia Marielle El Agamy Khan, Editor-in-Chief, Tharawat Magazine
A Shared Past
Sharing knowledge,...
From Surviving to Thriving: The Shifting Perspectives from Generation to Generation
With 100 years of history and over 100 stores in the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, the name Jashanmal has become synonymous with retail...
