Family businesses embrace women in senior roles
Women are increasingly moving into the top positions in firms owned by families, meaning they are well-placed…
10 family investment groups… and what they invest in
They have huge holdings in many of the world's biggest companies
What behavioural economics tells us about nepotism
Behavioural biases can lead to poor decision-making about successors in family businesses
War & Piech: chairman loses VW battle
The chairman has resigned after two decades, but the German automaker's complex governance ought to ensure…
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