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Every Family Business Needs an Independent Director
Boards Digital ArticleThey keep things fresh and fair. -
It's My Turn (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleSusie Gordon and Antonio Barile, a married couple, own a manufacturing company together. When their first child was born, they agreed that Susie would... -
Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business
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Why the Second Generation Can Make or Break Your Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThey don't have to live in the shadow of the founders. -
What You Can Learn from Family Business
International business Magazine ArticleFocus on resilience, not short-term performance. -
Does Your Family Business Have a Succession Plan?
Leadership development Digital ArticleYou can’t expect to just step into mom or dad’s shoes. -
When to Return to Leading Your Family Business During a Crisis
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA case study. -
Study: Customers Really Do Trust Family Businesses More
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleYour marketing should capitalize on that. -
Family Businesses Need One Person to Conquer and Another to Rule
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleToo many focus on the former. -
What Happens When a Company (Like Patagonia) Transfers Ownership to a Nonprofit?
Corporate governance Digital ArticleThis form of ownership may be new in the U.S., but it’s relatively common in Europe. -
5 Signs That Your Family Business Might Have an Ethics Problem
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleResearch shows that family businesses are more susceptible to crossing the line. -
When the Boss Won't Budge (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAllerGen, a young biotechnology firm, is heading for trouble, possibly even bankruptcy. The company's one product--a vaccine for people allergic to cats--may... -
Ghost in the Family Business (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleMac Monroe had grand plans for Georgia Building Supplies, the company he had started with a friend almost 50 years ago, selling construction materials... -
The CEO of Canada Goose on Creating a Homegrown Luxury Brand
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAfter working at his family's coat manufacturing company for a few years, the author realized that high-end coats made in Canada could become a luxury... -
Saving a Family Business from Emotional Dysfunction
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFocus on fairness. -
How to Prepare Your Family Business for the Unexpected
Corporate governance Digital ArticleFour conversations you need to have today. -
Research: Family Firms Are More Innovative Than Other Companies
Innovation & Leadership ResearchThey spend less on R&D but get higher returns. -
Why Your Family Business Needs Family Members on the Board
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFamily directors are critical for aligning owners' interests with those of other shareholders. -
Building Your Own Network When You’re Part of a Family Business
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleThe family rolodex doesn’t necessarily pass from one generation to the next.
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Family Business Succession in Asia
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The Wang Group was created by Alfred Wang in Hong Kong after fleeing China during the turbulence that marked the beginning of the communist regime. After... -
Note on Valuing Control and Liquidity in Family and Closely Held Firms
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Most companies around the world are family-controlled and/or closely held. The need to value these companies routinely arises in practice for a variety... -
Stonewall Kitchen
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Jonathan King and Jim Stott, the founders of Stonewall Kitchen, started out in 1992 with a simple business selling jams and jellies at local farmers'... -
Touchdown Footwear on a Slippery Slope
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case is based on the professionalization and governance challenges faced by Touchdown Footwear Limited (TFL), a mid-sized Indian footwear manufacturing... -
San Miguel: Succession in the Philippines' Largest Corporation
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In September 2011, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) celebrated its 122nd anniversary. Its chairman had just turned 76. Two years earlier, he had travelled... -
The Bancroft Family and the Battle for Dow Jones: Never Sell Grandpa's Paper
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, had been a source of wealth, pride and prestige for the Bancroft family for much of the 20th century.... -
Bhiwar Enterprises
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A nephew in an Indian family business has prepared a consulting report advocating changes in organizational structure and practices. His North American... -
Keddeg Company (B): Succession to the Next Generation of Small Business
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details A married couple who have a successful industrial B2B business evaluate whether or not to sell the business to two of their offspring, who are both entrepreneurial... -
Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case opens in December of 2018, with Sunil Duggal, the CEO of Dabur India (a multinational consumer goods conglomerate with a focus in Ayurvedic products)... -
Maestro Pizza (D): This Means War
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza... -
Milk and Money
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The financial success of dairy farms depends critically on the price of their main output, milk. Large volatility in the price of milk poses a considerable... -
Mistry Architects (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This case is a follow-up of Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability (A) (Case 609-044). In Case (A) Sharukh and Renu Mistry found and run an... -
Shelby Division 2012
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The vice-president and general manager for Michigan Plastic Inc.'s Shelby Division (Shelby) is faced with various options. Shelby specializes in thermoforming... -
Scott Family Enterprises: Building the Path to Effective Governance
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details As founders of First Interstate BancSystem, which held $8.6 billion in assets and had recently become a public company, and Padlock Ranch, which had over... -
Rothschild Bank AG
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In 2003 a BCG survey found Rothschild Bank AG to be one of the most profitable private banks in the world. The bank's future, however, was surrounded... -
Creating Shared Value at the Mills: A Billion Dollar Experiment in Corporate Social Entrepreneurship
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details When the Hong Kong billion-dollar revitalization of a set of derelict cotton mills in Hong Kong was first conceptualized by property heiress Vanessa Cheung,... -
Cotte Yolan: Succession and Strategic Transformation
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case demonstrates how, through trial and error, Qingdao Kutesmart Co., Ltd. ("Kutesmart," formerly known as Qingdao Red Collar Group Co., Ltd.) executed... -
Professionalization of Ujwal Bharati
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The case is woven around the decision dilemma faced by the second generation managing director of Ujwal Bharati Pharmaceuticals, a mid-size business.... -
SEK: Reimagining Spanish Higher Education at Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2023, Nieves Segovia, President of the SEK Education Group in Spain, contemplates the future of her family's for-profit education company, which includes... -
Learning Resources: Driven by Purpose
Management Case Study11.95View Details In January 2023, CEO Rick Woldenberg must make several strategic decisions for his family-owned toy company Learning Resources.
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Every Family Business Needs an Independent Director
Boards Digital ArticleThey keep things fresh and fair. -
Family Business Succession in Asia
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The Wang Group was created by Alfred Wang in Hong Kong after fleeing China during the turbulence that marked the beginning of the communist regime. After... -
Note on Valuing Control and Liquidity in Family and Closely Held Firms
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Most companies around the world are family-controlled and/or closely held. The need to value these companies routinely arises in practice for a variety... -
Stonewall Kitchen
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Jonathan King and Jim Stott, the founders of Stonewall Kitchen, started out in 1992 with a simple business selling jams and jellies at local farmers'... -
Touchdown Footwear on a Slippery Slope
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case is based on the professionalization and governance challenges faced by Touchdown Footwear Limited (TFL), a mid-sized Indian footwear manufacturing... -
It's My Turn (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleSusie Gordon and Antonio Barile, a married couple, own a manufacturing company together. When their first child was born, they agreed that Susie would... -
San Miguel: Succession in the Philippines' Largest Corporation
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In September 2011, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) celebrated its 122nd anniversary. Its chairman had just turned 76. Two years earlier, he had travelled... -
The Bancroft Family and the Battle for Dow Jones: Never Sell Grandpa's Paper
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, had been a source of wealth, pride and prestige for the Bancroft family for much of the 20th century.... -
Bhiwar Enterprises
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A nephew in an Indian family business has prepared a consulting report advocating changes in organizational structure and practices. His North American... -
Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeIt can be done.