Look who I know! How family firms seek to overcome their “outsider” status as they expand internationally
Look who I know! How family firms seek to overcome their “outsider” status as they expand internationally...
July 3, 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in Family business • 6 min read
Mars CEO Poul Weihrauch shares how family ownership enables long-term thinking, purpose-driven leadership, and sustainable growth across generations....
Continue readingFebruary 19, 2024 • by Marleen Dieleman in Family business • 8 min read
Look who I know! How family firms seek to overcome their “outsider” status as they expand internationally...
January 18, 2024 • by Simon Minder in Family business • 7 min read
The baby boomer generation is leaving the workplace. This raises the inevitable issue of succession for first-generation family business entrepreneurs, says Simon Minder....
August 1, 2023 • by Malgorzata Smulowitz in Family business • 3 min read
There are many measures of success, but often companies get trapped by only seeing the financials. If you set non-financial KPIs across your organization, you will see how different aspects of your...
July 20, 2023 • by Alfredo De Massis, Kimberly A. Eddleston, Elisa Villani, Christian Linder in Family business • 7 min read
Family-owned businesses, be they modernizers or guardians of their past, can be successful innovators – providing they can assemble an appropriate package of incentives...
June 14, 2023 • by Malgorzata Smulowitz in Family business • 6 min read
Two family business owners share how a focus on profit, people, and planet has helped increase the impact of their families’ philanthropic efforts....
June 8, 2023 • by Malgorzata Smulowitz, Peter Vogel in Family business • 8 min read
Philanthropy can have a powerful galvanizing effect on the broader family business ecosystem – but extracting the greatest benefit requires making trade-offs...
February 20, 2023 • by Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff in Family business • 11 min read
After the controversy surrounding rap star Ye’s anti-Semitic comments, the sportswear giant adidas found itself under the spotlight for historical links to the Nazi regime. Lindsay Krasnoff explains how a legacy company...
February 9, 2023 • by Sabine Rau, Peter Jaskiewicz in Family business • 7 min read
Ensuring a smooth transition of a family enterprise starts with answering the questions of the next in line, write Peter Jaskiewicz and Sabine B Rau...
February 1, 2023 • by Kimberly A. Eddleston in Family business • 5 min read
Family businesses seem to be made for the movies and television. They have everything: success, power and riches, as well as dysfunction and drama. Most are a caricature of reality, but nonetheless...
January 13, 2023 • by Peter Vogel in Family business • 15 min read
Family businesses have been traditionally hard-wired for longevity and stewardship, seeking to preserve and grow wealth across generations. This patient approach offers transferable lessons for all organizations navigating uncertain times. But family...
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