On Work Life Balance – Advice from a mother

On Work Life Balance – Advice from a mother

Image Source: Shiva Smyth from Pexels These days, you can barely open a magazine without reading something about the lack of work-life balance in our...
The Need to Engage, Educate, Retain and Produce Knowledge Capital

The Need to Engage, Educate, Retain and Produce Knowledge Capital

Image Source: Pixabay via Pexels The purpose of this article is to explore the status of primary innovation and research in the Arab region, and...
Suzy Kanoo: Reflections of a Successful Woman in Family Business

Suzy Kanoo: Reflections of a Successful Woman in Family Business

Interview with Suzy Kanoo "Being successful has nothing to do with gender." These are the words of Suzy Kanoo, a Bahraini business woman, a member...
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Family Business Interview with Ahmed Bazara, Yemen

Interview with Ahmed Bazara, Chairman of Shamil Bank of Yemen and Bahrain The Automotive & Machinery Trading Center (AMTC) is the flagship of the Bazara...
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Family Business Constitutions

Image Source: John-Mark Smith via Pexels A Necessary Tool Towards Sustainability Family Businesses are known to represent the most complex type of business there is; combining...
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Family Business2FamilyBusiness Case Study: Born Entrepreneur

Image Source: Porapak Apichodilok from Pexels In this issue’s FamilyBusiness2FamilyBusiness case, HbN, innovative leader and 3rd generation member of a family business active in shipping,...
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Non-family Executives in Family Businesses

Although we would like to think so, it is difficult to transmit values and business ethics from one family generation to another, and one...
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Open Innovation in Family Businesses

Image Source: Pixabay via Pexels A Must or an Oxymoron? In the Arab world, family businesses are the backbone of most economies owing both to their...
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Winning Strategies for the Family Business

Image Source: Pixabay via Pexels The goal of any enterprise is to deliver superior sustainable performance. For a business, "performance", means return on investment; "sustainable"...
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Succeeding in Succession

Image Source: Mikes Photos via Pexels When a King comes to power his first act is to select a Crown Prince. This, he does for...