Enabling families to build a stronger family business ecosystem by addressing their societal, business, ownership, family, and individual strategies and well-being.
Global Family Business Center
Enabling families to build a stronger family business ecosystem by addressing their societal, business, ownership, family, and individual strategies and well-being.
Established in 1988, we are a world-leading center of excellence in research, education, and outreach for family enterprises globally. We help family businesses, their boards, and executives become the best version of themselves to ensure family unity and multi-generational success. The IMD Global Family Business Center’s work informs a series of open educational programs in addition to a more customized approach focusing on the needs of your family, ownership group, or business.
Our research and in-depth thought leadership content is informed by the work we have done over the last 30 years with many of the world’s leading families and enterprises.
By Peter Vogel, Alexis du Roy de Blicquy, Anouk Lavoie Orlick and Christine Gaucher
by Marleen Dieleman
by Peter Vogel, Simon J. Evenett
Join us for an exclusive information session to learn how our family business programs can help you navigate complexity, enhance leadership across generations, and future-proof your family enterprise.
An Invitation to Learn Together
Family philanthropy offers the potential to address some of society’s most pressing needs while fostering cohesion and engagement in family enterprise systems. Yet even experienced philanthropic families encounter questions about how to develop and enhance their initiatives in ways that are both strategic and meaningful. The IMD Family Philanthropy Roundtable is a learning forum where established philanthropists can explore these questions together.
Helping families shift their mindset from family business to family in business
60 Seconds with Peter Vogel, Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship and Director of the Global Family Business Center.
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Family Office Navigator
In today’s complex world, family offices play a pivotal role in safeguarding a family’s heritage and unity while preserving and growing generational wealth. As the world around us evolves, so too must family offices adapt to meet the changing needs of their families. Family Office Navigator is your essential guide for establishing and managing a family office, equipping you with practical frameworks and actionable insights for every step of your journey.
Saudi Arabian family enterprise with interests in investments, real estate, trade and services, petrochemicals, offshore, building materials, and manufacturing, recognized for its strong governance, entrepreneurial values, and generation development program.
The Global Family Business Center (GFBC) at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and the Family Enterprise Legacy Institute (FELI) at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada – in collaboration with Family Business Network (FBN) – are pleased to announce a new research partnership focused on the implications of enterprising families’ mental health on the family and business.
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