Business
10 facts about IKEA
It has arguably had more impact on the way that more people live than any other business, and the firm…
Murata: when boring is brilliant
It might not be the stuff to get then on the front of glossy magazines, but Japanese firm Murata, which…
News: Rockefeller, Gutsche, Lee, Walton, Slim
The Rockefellers have left their iconic home in New York after decades; the South African Gutsches continue…
Family heads call for a European Mittelstand
A panel of top family business heads speaking at a conference in Berlin have called for reform of Europe’s e…
Family businesses outpace listed sector in job creation
Figures from Germany prove once again that family firms are better able to weather economic storms than…
Chancellor Merkel explains why family business is moral
Chancellor Angela Merkel explained in a speech at the EFB conference in Berlin why family business is…
Maersk: heroes of stakeholder capitalism
You could hardly ask for a clearer example of long-termism than the one that just came out of the Maersk…
News round-up: Low, Lauder, Yoo, Murdoch, Dolan
Hong Kong's Low family donates $25m to a UN media service; South Korea's Yoos are still in trouble over…
Shared heritage drives British builder’s acquisition
UK construction group Wates Group has acquired another family-owned building business, the third-generation…
Why family conglomerates are still thriving
Economists might find them hard to fathom, but there are good reasons that business families in Asia…
Is Soros’ Spanish deal the start of a new strategy?
Hedge fund billionaire George Soros' interest in a Spanish construction business raises and intriguing…
Families have created the African boom
Western investors are looking for the next big thing in Africa, but as always it is families who have…
China – five family businesses to watch
Before 1990, most of China's many family-owned firms were wiped out, appropriated by the state