Hermès and the magic number
The French luxury house says that 250 is the optimum size for a workshop.
Four ways to balance family and business aims
Leadership style and communication are the keys to good family business culture, which in turn tend to…
The five key attributes of non-family senior managers
Family Capital in association with KPMG launched its Professional Managers Group last week at an inaugural…
The top 500 family businesses are job-creation giants
And almost half of them are in the fourth generation or more, putting paid to the old adage that three…
Why VW’s clunky governance is perfect
The turmoil at the top of the family-controlled German car giant might suggest things are chaotic, but…
Middle East family businesses bogged down with disputes
Conflicts are breaking out much more among the members of family-controlled companies when the patriarch…
Euthanasia as an exit strategy
Much family businesses strategy is aimed at keeping firms going for ever.
Dyson leads the UK’s embrace of family businesses
Inventor James Dyson is bringing his son into the fold, and he is not alone.
Interview: Leila Wilcox of Wilcox Limousines
She has brought her family's third-generation hearse and limousine-making business into the 21st century,…
Family drift is behind the Piech-Porsche rift
Problems between the two sides of VW's controlling families are nothing new, but the latest crisis shows…
Pirelli and the limits of the free market
It may have been owned by a tangle of families that offends purists, but there is something to be said…
Next gens say “no thanks” to family businesses
New research from St Gallen University shows that just 3.
Interview: Andrew Maloney of the Tulla Group
The second-gen of Australia's stud-farm-to-copper-mines conglomerate has continued his business's drive…